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Does the Old Testament Teach a Three-Tiered Cosmology?

Published on February 20, 2022 By sirrahc

“Job 37:18, which describes skies without rain as a ‘bronze’ expanse (cf. Deut 28:23), is figurative and does not support the common contention that the ‘expanse’ was considered a bronze dome by the Hebrews.” — Kenneth Mathews, Genesis 1–11:26 (New American Commentary, vol. 1a) For roughly the past couple hundred years, certain scholars (mostly higher […]

Is Genesis 1-11 Poetry or Prose?

Published on January 30, 2022 By sirrahc

When it comes to the first few chapters of Genesis, some people like to claim that it is merely poetry (and thus at least partly fictional), as opposed to narrative prose about actual things that happened in real time. (Of course, even poetry can point to reality despite flowery or phenomenological language.) This affords them […]

Genesis and the Battle between Tehom and Tiamat

Published on January 23, 2022 By sirrahc

The Bible has long been the target of pagans, skeptics, and “progressives”, including various attacks on the reliability of the text. When it comes to the Old Testament, they (naturally) start in the beginning with the book of Genesis, particularly (but not limited to) the first few chapters. In his book The Old Testament Documents, […]

In Search of the Best Bible Translation

Published on January 17, 2016 By sirrahc

“To articulate God’s unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it had they been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.” — Preface to NIV 2011 Most people — at least, in “the West” — know that there are several different versions or “translations” of the Bible, and most […]