The Creation Account in Genesis 1 : 1 - 3 Part II : The Restitution Theory
نویسنده
چکیده
Three views on the cosmogony of Genesis 1:1-3 have found broad acceptance in the literature on this subject: (1) the restitution theory of cosmogony, which contends that the chaos of Genesis 1:2 occurred after God had created an originally perfect universe; (2) the initially chaotic theory of cosmogony, which insists that the chaos of 1:2 occurred in connection with the original creation; and (3) the precreation chaos theory of cosmogony, which holds that the chaos of verse 2 existed before the creation mentioned in the Bible. According to the first mode of thought, chaos occurred after the original creation; according to the second mode of thought, chaos occurred in connection with the original creation; and in the third mode of thought, chaos existed before the original creation.
منابع مشابه
Genesis 1:1-3: Creation or Re-Creation? Part 1
An issue that has taunted mankind through the ages is the question of origins. Since ancient times people have been keenly interested in understanding and explaining their provenance. The ancient creation mythologies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Iran, Japan, or Mexico, or a child's question to his parents about who made the world shows that this concern is intrinsic to human nature. The...
متن کاملThe Creation Account in Genesis 1:1-3: Par V: The Theology of Genesis 1--Continued
HIS GREATNESS What splendid power and greatness God displayed by His creation. The Creator is a fortiori greater than His creation. Isaiah declared that Israel's God holds in the hollow of one hand all the water of the sea, and with the outstretched fingers of His other hand measures the expanse of the sky. Isaiah then added that God could take all the dust of the earth and pour it into His lit...
متن کاملA Critical Study of Current Views of the Stages of Human Creation in the Holy Quran
On compatibility or incompatibility of the Qur'an with evolutionism, numerous studies are found. They, however, lack methodological properties, comprehensiveness with regard to the related verses as well as the accuracy This study focuses on the verses of the origin and stages of human creation with a comprehensive look at all related verses and its classification. After extracting the stages o...
متن کاملDefending History: Temporal Reasoning in Genesis 2:7–3:8
The two groups assaulting the historicity of Genesis 2–3, whose attacks against the reality of the creation and fall of Adam and Eve have chiefly come in two guises, 1) that the text is poetry, not meant to be read historically; and 2) that it is prose meant to be read as an accurate historical record, but that it is contradictory and incoherent, are repelled by statistical, literary, and lingu...
متن کاملPsychological Analysis of Kiumarth Myth in the Light of the Personality Psychology of Jung
Mythology allocated a large part, fundamental and effectively to the human mind. The knowledge of mythology in fact recognizes the important infrastructure of ideas, culture and civilization. One of the most common ways to study mythology is to implement psychological ideas in mythology. The result is not only a better understanding of mythology, but also a better understanding of human psyche ...
متن کامل