The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 6 : Genesis 1:1 – Introductory Verse

IS GENESIS 1:1 A DEPENDENT CLAUSE? – ‘BEGINNING’ OFTEN PAIRED WITH ‘END’ – ‘IN THE BEGINNING’ IN THE LXX – THE BEGINNING OF ‘SPACE – MASS – TIME’ – ELOHIM – SHOULD WE IMPOSE UPON THIS WORD THE TRINITY? – CREATIO EX NIHILO – IS ‘HEAVEN AND EARTH’ THE ANCIENT HEBREW TERMS TO MEAN ‘UNIVERSE’? – THE POLEMIC EMPHASIS OF THE CREATION STORY