i. “in the beginning”
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I. “IN THE BEGINNING”
The Primeval History of the World
Homework(due Tues., 10/13) Read Genesis 1-2 (ie.
Chapters 1 & 2) & answer RQs in NB(due Thurs., 10/15) Write 1 pg. Reflection
on the following:Which is true about the origins of the world:
Bible or Science? Creation or Evolution?What does the Scopes trial teach us about
how to “interpret” the Bible?
2. CREATIONInterpreting Scripture
“Monkey Trial” PlayersScopes Defendant in Tennessee TrialDarrow Lawyer for defenseBryan Lawyer for prosecutionDayton Trial siteDarwin Author, Origin of the SpeciesACLU American Civil Liberties
Union
Creation or Evolution…or both?
2. CREATION1st & 2nd Creation Story
If creation took a year...Jan. 1 Big Bang takes placeMay 1 Milky Way galaxy appearsSept. 1 Earth appearsDec. 1 Animals appearDec. 31 Humans appearJan. 1 Space age begins
Ancient Hebrew CosmologyWorld of the dead Nether world
World of the living Our world
World of God God’s home
Three Days of SeparationDay 1 God created light & separated it
from the darknessDay 2 God separated the water
above(rain) from the water below (ocean)
Day 3 God separated the water below(ocean) from the dry land
Three Days of PopulationDay 4 God populated the sky
with sun, moon and starsDay 5 God populated the air with birds
and the ocean with fishDay 6 God populated the land
One Day of CelebrationDay 7 God celebrated, resting from work,
blessing creation and setting the day apart
from the other days (Shabat- Sabbath)
Week Pattern3 Days of separation light/dark
water/waterwater/land
3 days of population skysky and oceanland
1 day of celebration restedblessed creationmade Sabbath special
5-fold Pattern for each “Day”Introduction “God commanded”Command “Let there be”Execution “It was done”Reaction “God was pleased”Conclusion “Evening passed”
Bible interpretation is either…Literalist >Strict Day=24 hours
>Less strict Day= era
Contextualist Day= symbol
You must go back, as it were, in spirit to those remote centuries of the East. With the aid of history, archaeology, ethnology, and other sciences, you must determine accurately what modes of writing the ancient writers would likely use, and in fact did use.
-Pope Pius XII
In the contextualist way of thinking, the
Truth of the Creation Stories looks
something like this...
CreatorOld belief Many gods
New teaching One God
How taught One God creates everything
Act of CreationOld belief Accidental happening
New teaching Planned event
How taught God creates in an orderly way
Creation itselfOld belief Partly good
New teaching Totally good
How taught God affirms goodness
Days of CreationOld belief All days are the same
New teaching Seventh day is special
How taught God blessed 7th Day
Creation or Evolution…or both?Theistic
evolutionists: God creates through process of evolution
Non-theistic evolutionists: Universe simply “began” with “Big Bang”
Creation or Evolution…or both?St. Augustine’s theory
of creation as “seeds” hints at evolutionary process
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