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A forum for discussing new ideas about the Bible and for scholarly analyzes of the Biblical text.
Click on the title for each of these webpages:
The First Creation Story:
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Modern science and allegory in the early stories of Genesis
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The first creation account — a poem based on number seven and the holiness of the Sabbath
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The names of God in the Bible
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Mythology and the first creation account
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Science and the existence and omnipotence of God
The Garden of Eden story:
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When did Adam and Eve live?
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Is the Second Creation story factual or allegorical?
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The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad and the serpent
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Reaching for divinity in the Garden of Eden
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Sexuality and the Garden of Eden story
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The Garden of Eden story and the origins of the human condition
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Optimism and immortality from the Garden of Eden Story
The Cain and Abel Story:
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Cain and Abel and the moral hazard of the Agricultural Revolution
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Cain and Abel's offering to God and the importance of the firstborn
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At the scene of the crime
Noah and the Flood:
The Tower of Babel:
Abraham's Mission:
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God's seven blessings to Abraham
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Sodom and Gemorra
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The burial of Sarah
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Isaac and Abraham, Ishmael and Hagar- a story yet incomplete
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The Binding of Isaac - the non-event that changed the world
Jacob and his Children:
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Jacob and Esau - blessings and birthright and Jewish powerlessness
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Joseph - the right person in the right place at the right time
The Role of Moses:
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God's Two Speeches of Redemption to Moses
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The Egyptian Exodus and Canaanite conquest – facts or fiction?
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Amalek
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Bilaam the magician
The Purim Story:
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