Genesis 1:1 - 2:4
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Bereshit 1: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Bereshit 2: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
- Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- Enuma elish, the Babylonian Creation Epos
- Hesiod's Theogony
- Chapter XXXIII of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
- Chapter V and Chapter VI, Chapter XV of the Epistle of Barnabas. (ca. 130)
- Chapter LXII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- I.XXIV.1, I.XXX.6, II.II.5 ff, III.XXIII.2, IV.Preface.4, IV.XI.1, IV.XX.1, IV.XXXII.1, V.XV.4, V.XXVIII.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter III, On Baptism, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Chapter X, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.12, II.10, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.12, II.23, III.4, III.16, IV.26, V.5, V.14, VI.7, VI.16, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter I, Chapter III, Chapter XII, Chapter XIX, Chapter XX, Chapter XXII, Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXV, Chapter XXVI, Chapter XXIX, Chapter XXX, Chapter XXXII, Against Hermogenes, Tertullian (c. 205)
- Chapter V, On The Veiling of Virgins, Tertullian (c. 205)
- I.2, To His Wife, Tertullian (c. 206)
- I.29, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 207)
- II.3, II.4, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 208)
- Exegetical Fragments, Hippolytus (c 210).
- Chapter XXVII, On the Soul, Tertullian (c. 210)
- IV.26, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter VI, Exhortation to Chastity, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter XIV, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter XLV, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.6, V.8, V.11, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter V, Chapter VII, Chapter XII, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter VII, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- Chapter XVI, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- I.VII.4, II.VIII.1, II.IX.1, III.VI.1, 8, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- V.IV, V.XXI, V.XXII, VI.IX, VI.XXVII, VII.X, VII.XVI, VIII.II, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- On the Hexameron, Hippolytus of Rome. (c.225)
- II.17, II.23, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
- IV.Summary.33, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen / Rufinus (c.230)
- IV.XXX, V.XXXVII, VI.XLIX, VI.LX, VI.LXI, VIII.XXXIV, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- X.11, X.19, XII.2, XIII.6, XIV.16, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- On the Dress of Virgins, Cyprian of Carthage (c. 249)
- II.34, III.46, Against the Heathen, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- I.2, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- St. Basil the Great (330-379): Nine Homilies on the Hexaemeron.
- "The True Doctrine," On the Incarnation of the Word, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 2.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- God Alone Created the World, Thomas Boston (Puritan, c 1700)
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary. Chapter 2.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- God's Approbation of His Works (Gen 1:31). Sermon by John Wesley.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Commentary, Genesis 1:1-5, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "In the opening verses of Genesis, God exhibits a certain creative style."
- "Writing the Back Story," Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "In what ways are the writings of an ancient people and their perception of God relevant to us?"
- Baptism of Our Lord, exegesis by Elizabeth Achtemeier, SermonStudio
- Genesis 1:1-5, Proper 1B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "Who Are We and Who Is God? Trinity A, John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2011.
- "I suggest that the author or authors of Genesis 1 did not have the Trinity in mind when they composed this grand poem."
- Genesis 1:1-24a, Trinity A, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Genesis 1:1 - 2:4a (Trinity), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- "Beginningness," Timothy Wayne Good, The Naked Alien, 2011. Retelling of Genesis 1:1 - 2:4a.
- Commentary, Genesis 1:1-2:4a, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "God's creation is built to go somewhere; the potential of becoming is built into the very structure of things."
- Genesis 1:1-5, Baptism of Jesus, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
- Genesis 1:1-5 (Epiphany 1), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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Commentary, Genesis 1:1-5, Beth Tanner, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Today's lectionary reading is the first five verses of the chapter, but as a confession, it should be heard as a full piece. Heard in this way, it confirms that God is indeed great and the creator of all things."
-
Commentary, Genesis 1:11-12, 20-22, 24-26, Forrest Elliott Harris,
Sr., The African American Lectionary, 2010.
- "The most challenging task facing the liberating message of black churches today is connecting this stewardship with its witness for social justice and divine justice in the world."
-
Creation Story: Old Testament Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "Light is a source of life and growth. You can?t have life without light."
- The Old Testament Readings, Genesis 1:1-5. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
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"When
I Was a Boy," Blogging toward Sunday,
Nanette Sawyer, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, 2008.
- "The seed of wholeness is inside us in the form of the image of God. And that seed that will blossom mightily if we water it with love and community and companionship."
- "The Poetry of Creation," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
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Desert Scribblings, Genesis 1:1-2:4a, Geoff McElroy.
- "One could easily get bogged down in the cosmology, in the order of creation, in all the details, but that is somewhat losing the forest for the sake of the trees. Instead, from a homiletical standpoint, the most proper approach to this text is to speak like the text."
-
"A Lot Lower than God,"
Daniel Deffenbaugh, Seeds of Shalom, 2008.
- "What was intended to be an affirmation of the Lord's sovereignty over all creation has become, and will probably continue to be, a theological means for allowing humans to lord it over creation, and with apparent impunity."
-
"B'reshit - Deciding Whether to..." Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom
Center.
- "I can only comfort myself with the thought that even God didn't know if the plan would work, but moved forward into the darkness on faith."
- "B'reshit - Do Not Gobble the Earth!" Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center.
- "Stewardship of Creation," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
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"The Creation,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "Reflect on the awesome gift of creation and the awesome power moral choice gives you. How have you used them to praise God? How have you used them to rest in God?"
- "The Creation of
the Heavens and the Earth," from the Biblical
Studies Foundation.
- "We have often failed to apply the first chapter of Genesis one in any way that is relevant to our own spiritual lives."
- Parshas Bereishis, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 1:1 - 6:8.
- Genesis Bible Study:
Creation 1, God and Boundaries, Dennis
Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- "This aspect of divisions and boundaries between them will play an important role in this story."
- "'And the Earth was Without Form and Void.' An Enquiry into the Exact Meaning of Genesis 1:2," F. F. Bruce, Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, 1946.
- Commentary, Genesis 1:1-5, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- Articles & Background:
- If you can only visit one site in this long list, make it: "The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity," a fine comprehensive site on Genesis 1-3 by Gary A. Anderson of The University of Virginia, and Michael E. Stone of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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"The Meaning of Vocation," A.J. Conyers, (other resources at)
"Vocation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
- "'Vocation' is distorted by two disastrous misunderstandings: a secularized idea of 'career' and a monastic concept of the religious life."
- "Playing God in the Movies: The Preposterous History of Genesis 1:26-27," Jan Willem vanHenten, SBL Forum, 2005.
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"Sabbath, a 'Little Jubilee,'" Richard H. Lowery, (other resources
at)
"Sabbath," Christian Reflection, 2006.
- "Sabbath may be the key to our survival, prosperity, and sanity."
-
"Praying with the Rhythms of Grace," Judy Henderson Prather, (other
resources at)
"Sabbath," Christian Reflection, 2006.
- "At the heart of the creation story in Genesis 1, and in God's life-giving gift of sabbath, are patterns of ebb and flow, and of repetition. These rhythms of grace recommend practicees of prayer that will help us to reclaim sabbath keeping."
- "Adam and Adapa: Two Anthropological Characters," Niels-Erik Andreasen, Andrews University Seminary Studies, 1981.
-
"Ecobible:
The Bible and Ecojustice," Walter Wink. Theology Today,
1993.
- "So why not just throw out the Bible, and Christianity along with it? Because it is not the commandments, but the tenor, the thrust, the spirit of Jesus that drives us toward God's future.... The Bible is not a repository of politically correct opinions, but an ongoing struggle to overcome domination right in our own tradition, in our own Scripture, in our own homes. Just so, it is only in our time of ecodisaster that we are driven to think about ecojustice."
- "The
Ambiguity of Matter," Huston Smith, Cross Currents, 1998.
- "Finding ourselves the 'kings' and 'queens' of creation, we should adopt toward the rest of nature a stance that is basically custodial in resembling the care that good rulers exercise toward their subjects. To live up to that trust, we will have to reorder society."
- "Consciousness
and Reality: Our Entry into Creation," James N. Studer, Cross Currents.
- "God does not "deign to create us from on high" and then merely to associate with us, albeit closely. We are God's love affair, and our immortality is divine poetry."
- "What
is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 and 2,"
Michael Welker, University of Munster. Theology Today, 1991.
- "God saw; God evaluated; God named, God separated; God brings to the human being; God allows to be named; God reacts to the needy situation of loneliness and helplessness of the human being who is not yet differentiated into man and woman. According to the classical creation texts, all of these activities and reactivities are part of the complex event 'creation.' All these reactive activities, which relate to that which is already "produced, " are requisite in order to bring the process of the creation of heaven and earth to a close. God sees, names, separates, and reacts in a differentiated way to the situation and behavior of the human being. What a world lies between this important characteristic of divine creating in the classical creation texts and the concept of unconditional production and causation!"
- "Adam, the Hebrew for 'Human, Humanity: A Response to James Barr," David J.A. Clines, 2000.
- "The
Creator and the Computer," article specially prepared for the web by Dr. David R.
Blumenthal, Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University.
- "How does speech, which is immaterial, create the world, which is material? And what is "speech" to a God who is utterly transcendent?"
- "The
Lilith Myth," From Hebrew Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael
Patai.
- "Adam and Lilith never found peace together, for when he wished to lie with her, she took offence at the recumbent position he demanded. 'Why must I lie beneath you?' she asked. 'I also was made from dust, and am therefore your equal'"
- "Eve
and Pandora Contrasted," William E. Phipps, Theology Today,
1988.
- "Contrary to prevailing opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of Eve and Pandora are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of awareness of this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western civilization who have mingled these two stories together."
- "In
God's Image," program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and more
from the Bill Moyers PBS series Genesis: A
Living Conversation.
- "'What do I think when I hear the phrase -- 'bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh?' This is the first love song a man ever sang to a woman.' -- Reverend Renita Weems."
- "Sabbath
Chic," Monique Parsons at BeliefNet,
August 2000.
- "People of many faiths are finding the upside to downtime."
- The Talk Origins Archive:
Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
- "Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. Most discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy, but other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology, biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology. This archive is a collection of articles and essays, most of which have appeared in talk.origins at one time or another. The primary reason for this archive's existence is to provide mainstream scientific responses to the many frequently asked questions (FAQs) and frequently rebutted assertions that appear in talk.origins."
- "The
Genesis Factor," a discussion of the variants of Genesis found in the Gnostic Nag
Hammadi texts. By Stephan A. Hoeller, from Quest, September 1997.
- "...many people, even those who do not literally believe it, still return to the archaic story of creation as a frame of reference when faced with challenges to their traditional values."
- Adam and Eve, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- Even the
Angels are Jealous: A legend about the creation of man and the fate of the angels who
objected, at Jewish Heritage On-Line Magazine.
- "When God in His wisdom resolved to create man, He asked counsel of all around him before he proceeded to execute His purpose – an example to man, be he ever so great and distinguished, not to scorn the advice of the humble and lowly."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Abrahams, Samuel P., "Toward a
Balanced Perspective of Creation," Journal of the Interdenominational
Theological Center, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Akinade, Akintunde E., "An African
Reflection on Eco-Justice," The Living Pulpit, 2000. (See entire
issue of The Living Pulpit, 2000:
Creation.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Anderson, Gary, "The Interpretation of Genesis 1:1 in
the Targums," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Boer, Roland,
"The Fantasy of Genesis 1-3," Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bozung, Douglas C., "An Evaluation of the Biosphere Model of Genesis 1," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Boyce, Richard N., "Genesis 1:1-5, Between Text and
Sermon," Interpretation, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Claassens, Juliana M., "And the Moon
Spoke Up: Genesis 1 and Feminist Theology," Review and Expositor,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Collins, C. John, "How Old Is the Earth?
Anthropomorphic Days in Genesis 1:1-2:3," Presbyterion, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Davis, Ellen F., "Propriety and
Trespass: The Drama of Eating," Ex Auditu, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials- Yamada, Frank M., "Response to Davis," Ex
Auditu, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Yamada, Frank M., "Response to Davis," Ex
Auditu, 2007.
- Ellis, Robert R., "Creation,
Vocation, Crisis and Rest: A Creational Model for Spirituality,"
Review & Expositor, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eslinger, Lyle,
"The Enigmatic Plurals Like 'One of Us' (Genesis 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7) in
Hyperchronic Perspective," Vetus Testamentum, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Firmage, Edwin, "Genesis 1 and the Priestly Agenda,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fox, Matthew, "Celebrating Creation
as Blessing," The Living Pulpit, 2000. (See entire issue of
The Living Pulpit, 2000:
Creation.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Graves, Mike,
"On Having a Word from God - Genesis 1:1-5; John 1:1-18," Journal for
Preachers, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Greidanus, Sidney,
"Preaching Christ from the Creation Narrative," Bibliotheca Sacra,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gunton, Colin F., "Three Pitfalls in Preaching
Creation," The Living Pulpit,
2000. (See entire issue of The Living Pulpit, 2000:
Creation.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hanby, Michael,
"Reclaiming Creation in a Darwinian World," Theology Today, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hart, Ian, "Genesis 1:1-2:3 as a
Prologue to the Book of Genesis," Tyndale Bulletin, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hess, Richard S., "Genesis 1-2 in Its
Literary Context," Tyndale Bulletin, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Holbert, John C., "Preaching and the Creation,"
Homiletic, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Holt, Sally Smith, "Practicing Spiritual Disciplines
in Relationship to Creation," Review & Expositor, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Huggins, Ronald V.,
"Joseph Smith and the First Verse of the Bible," Journal of
Evangelical Theological Society, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jenson, Robert W., "The Bible and
Trinity," Pro Ecclesia, 2002
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnson, James Weldon, "The
Creation," sermon from God's Trombones, The Living Pulpit,
2000. (See entire issue of The Living Pulpit, 2000:
Creation.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnson, Janell,
"Between Text and Sermon: Genesis 1:26-28," Interpretation, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnston, Gordon H., "Genesis 1 and Ancient Egyptian
Creation Myths," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kawashima, Robert S., "A Revisionist
Reading Revisited: On the Creation of Adam and then Eve," Vetus
Testamentum, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Keller, Catherine, "The Lost Chaos of
Creation," The Living Pulpit, 2000. (See entire issue of The
Living Pulpit, 2000:
Creation.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kolb,
Robert, "God and His Human Creatures in Luther's Sermons on Genesis: The
Reformer's Early Use of His Distinction of Two Kinds of Righteousness,"
Concordia Journal, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Levy,
Yamin, "Fiat and Forming: Genesis 1 & 2 Revisited," Tradition,
1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
Löfstedt, Torsten, "The Creation and Fall of Adam: A Comparison of the
Qur'anic and Biblical Accounts," Svensk Missionstidskrift,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - McMickle, Marvin A., "Preaching on
Themes in The Creation Story," The Living Pulpit, 2000. (See
entire issue of The Living Pulpit, 2000:
Creation.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mellish, Kevin,
"Creation as Social and Political Order in Ancient Thought and the Hebrew Bible," Wesleyan Theological Journal, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Middleton, J. Richard,
"Created in the Image of a Violent God? The Ethical Problem of the Conquest
of Chaos in Biblical Creation Texts," Interpretation, 2004.
(See also entire issue:
Violence in the Bible,
Interpretation, 2004.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Minamino, Hironori, "Genesis 1 as Critique of
Japanese Culture," Direction, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pagels, Elaine H., "Exegesis of
Genesis 1 in the Gospels of Thomas and John," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Parker, Kim Ian,
"Adam: The Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberal?" Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Perry, T.A., "A Poetics of Absence: The Structure and
Meaning of Genesis 1:2," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Phipps, William E., "Eve and Pandora
Contrasted," Theology Today, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Polan, Gregory J., "Preaching at the Easter Vigil:
The Paschal Mystery in the Old Testament Texts," Liturgical
Ministry, 2004. (Section on this text begins on page 153.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ronan, Marian E., "The Stewardship
Model of Christian Environmentalism," The Living Pulpit, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rudolph, David J., "Festivals in
Genesis 1:14," Tyndale Bulletin, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sappenfield, William J.,
"The Chaos of Grace," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sayler, Gwen, "Adam and Eve/Adam and
Steve? A Challenge to the Hermeneutical 'Complementarity' Argument,"
Currents in Theology and Mission, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smith, Huston, "The Ambiguity of
Matter," Cross Currents, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sparks, Kenton L., "Enūma Elish
and Priestly Mimesis: Elite Emulation in Nascent Judaism," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Steinmann, Andrew E.,
"'HD
as an Ordinal Number and the Meaning of Genesis 1:5," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sterchi, David A., "Does Genesis 1
Provide a Chronological Sequence?" Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Studer, James N., "Consciousness and
Reality: Our Entry into Creation," Cross Currents, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Taylor, Barbara Brown, "The Dominion
of Love," Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Sermon - Genesis 1:24-31;
Matthew 5:43-48)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tiessen, Terrance, "Does Yahweh Take
Risks?" Didaskalia, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Towner, W. Sibley,
"Clones of God: Genesis 1:26-28 and the Image of God in the Hebrew Bible,"
Interpretation, 2005. See also Interpretation, October 2005
issue,
The Image of God.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tuell, Steven S.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Genesis 2:1-3," Interpretation, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Vasholz, Robert I., "'Evening and
Morning' in Genesis 1," Presbyterion, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - von Dehsen, Christian D., "The Imago Dei in
Genesis 1:26-27," Lutheran Quarterly, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Walton, John H., "Creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3 and the
Ancient Near East: Order out of Disorder after Chaoskampf,"
Calvin Theological Journal, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Warning, Wilfried, "Terminological Patterns and the
First Word of the Bible: BRSYT '(in the) Beginning,'" Tyndale
Bulletin, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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Rereading Genesis 1 and 2," Theology Today, 1991.
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And Ecojustice," Theology Today, 1993.
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- Abrahams, Samuel P., "Toward a
Balanced Perspective of Creation," Journal of the Interdenominational
Theological Center, 1995.
- Reviews:
- Luttikhuizen, Gerard P., ed., The Creation of Man and Woman: Interpretations of the Biblical Narratives in Jewish and Christian Traditions. Brill, 2000. Review by Kristen E. Kvam in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Middleton, J. Richard, The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1. Brazos, 2005. Review by Nathan Macdonald, Review of Biblical Literature.
- Gunkel, Hermann, K. William Whitney, Jr., trans., Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton: A Religio-Historical Study of Genesis 1 and Revelation 12. Eerdmans, 2006. Review by Pieter G.R. deVilliers, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Sermons:
- "The Creation Story," Betsy Beckman, The Center for Progressive Christianity.
- "Can You Believe It?" the Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, Day 1, 1996.
- With Children:
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," January 8, 2012, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Genesis 1:1-5 and Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle, And God Created Squash by Martha Whitmore Hickman, Ther Was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky by Teri Sloat, Mr. Adn Mrs. God in the Creation Kitchen by Nancy Wood.
- Worshiping with Children, Baptism of the Lord, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- Worshiping with Children, Trinity A, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2011
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," June 19, 2011, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root.
- "Creation," "Days of Creation," "Adam and Eve," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Our Two Gardens," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
- "Teaching Children the Story of Creation," Andrea Harrell Moore, Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
- The Story of Creation, activities & crafts for children, DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids.
- "The Snowman," Dixie Melton, Sermons4kids.com.
- "Made in Eden," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "A Twinkle in the Dark," Barbara Wilmerton Haas, The Children's Chapel.
- "The First Man," Barbara Wilmerton Haas, The Children's Chapel.
- "And the Spirit of God Moved upon the Face of the Waters," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Adam Hears God Call His Name," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "God Creates," "God Makes Adam and Eve," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- "In the Beginning," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "Crossword on Genesis 1," "Word Search on Genesis 2," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- "The Creation," online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding Hill.
- Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:3, memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories.
- Drama:
- Dramatic Reading, John 1/Genesis 1, Theresa Coleman, reverend mommy's randon thoughts.
- "The Aeroplane," Derek Wenmoth, dramatix.
- "The Garden," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "Toyshop Evolution," Greg Brook, dramatix.
- "In the Beginning," John Cosper Jr., dramatix.
- "The Backroom Boys," Chris Wyatt, dramatix.
- "Perfect Partner," Simon & Sue Kingham, dramatix.
- "Hairsay," Erina Caradus, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Creation Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Creation, Clip Art, Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- Hymns and Music:
- “At The Dawn of Your Creation” an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, based on Creation story in Genesis 1, Palm 8 and the call to care for creation. Tune: HYMN TO JOY 8.7.8.7 D (“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”).
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- "His Spirit Dwells in Me," "Your Fingerprint," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- Hymns, midi files, scores at Blue Letter Bible/Cyber
Hymnal:
- Creator of the Earth and Sky (Genesis 1:1)
- God That Madest Earth and Heaven (Genesis 1:1)
- Many and Great, O God (Genesis 1:1)
- O Lord, Be with Us When We Sail (Genesis 1:2)
- Blest Creator of the Light (Genesis 1:3)
- O Blest Creator of the Light (Genesis 1:3)
- O Trinity of Blessed Light (Genesis 1:3)
- Thou, Whose Almighty Word (Genesis 1:3)
- Evening and Morning (Genesis 1:5)
- This Day the First of Days Was Made (Genesis 1:5)
- O Boundless Wisdom, God Most High, (Genesis 1:9)
- Thou Spakest, Lord, and Into One (Genesis 1:9)
- Another Year Is Dawning (Genesis 1:14)
- New Wonders of Thy Mighty Hand (Genesis 1:14)
- Creator of the Stars of Night (Genesis 1:16)
- The Maker of the Sun and Moon (Genesis 1:16)
- The Fish in Wave, the Bird on Wing (Genesis 1:20)
- Today, O Lord, a Holier Work (Genesis 1:26)
- As Man and Woman We Were Made (Genesis 1:27)
- On Man, in His Own Image Made (Genesis 1:27)
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (Genesis 1:31)
- Six Days of Labor Now Are Past (Genesis 1:31)
- Hail! Sacred Day of Earthly Rest (Genesis 2:2)
- Welcome, Sweet Day of Rest (Genesis 2:2)
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Genesis
