Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, and the Flood
Here is this week’s BioLogos post where we look at the similarities between these Mesopotamian and the biblical flood story.
Genesis 2-9 and Atrahasis
Here is this week’s post at BioLogos, this one on the well-known similarities between Israel’s second creation story and the Atrahasis Epic. As we saw with last week’s post on Genesis 1 and Enuma Elish, Genesis 2-9 and Atrahasis breathe the same air. They share ancient Mesopotamian ways of talking about origins. This is a clear indication [...]
Genesis 1 and Enuma Elish
Here is this week’s blog post at BioLogos on a perennial topic: the relationship between Genesis 1 and the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish. Both stories are distinct yet they clearly breath the same ancient air when it comes to describing origins.
Israel’s Two Creation Stories (Part 3)
Here is the third and final BioLogos post on the differences between the two creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2 (God’s names, different methods of creating, different views of humanity). The purpose of seeing these differences is not to hold the two stories apart, but to understand why they are placed where they are [...]
More on Israel’s Two Creation Stories
Part two of my summary of the differences between the two creation stories in Genesis is posted today on the BioLogos blog. This week I look at the different literary styles and different depictions of God.
New Series on Genesis 1-11
I am starting a new series of posts on BioLogos on Genesis 1-11. The first two or three will be on “Israel’s Two Creations Stories” (Genesis 1 and 2), and part 1 is up now.
Creating Adam
My latest post about Adam is up at BioLogos. My point here is that any way of looking at Adam that does not accept Paul’s view of human descent from a first pair in recent history is “creating” an Adam beyond biblical parameters, and that such creative work is inevitable. My post today fits nicely [...]
Adam is Israel
Here is my latest BioLogos post. This one is on how Adam is not the first human but “proto-Israel.” The point here follows on my previous posts on the cosmic battle motif in Exodus.
Exodus, Mt. Sinai and Creation
Here is my next BioLogos post on Exodus and the Cosmic battle. I will have one more in the series next week, at which time I hope to start negotiating the film rights. This post is about how the tabernacle and the law are creation events. It will change your life….or at least hold your [...]
Exodus and the Cosmic Battle (Again)
Here is my latest BioLogos post. I look at the plagues as the reintroduction of chaos and how several themes come together at the Red Sea incident.
