The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 7 : Genesis 1:2-5 – Paragraph One: The First Day

IS THERE A GAP BETWEEN GEN 1:1 AND 1:2? – WHY A GAP THEORY? – THE GAP THEORY IN A NUTSHELL – REASONS TO REJECT THE GAP THEORY – THE FIRST DAY – EACH DAY IN GENESIS 1 IS A PARAGRAPH – EMPHASIS GIVEN / SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE SUBJECT – THREE PARALLEL CLAUSES – ANOTHER INSTANCE OF POLEMIC WRITING – SPIRIT OF GOD: rûach ’elōhîm – THIS ‘LIGHT’ IS A MYSTERY – MATTER IS NOT INHERENTLY EVIL – IS DARKNESS ‘NOT GOOD’? – DOES ‘EVENING – MORNING’ ALWAYS DEFINE THE HEBREW DAY? – PRACTICAL DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS