3 Reasons The Birth of Ishmael Was Not Wrong

When we read the book of Genesis today, we see a world that is very different from ours. Human sacrifice had been practiced by some of the most advanced civilizations of the time. They were constantly making contracts and sealing them in the slain blood of animals and a meal consisting of those animals. Stones…

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2 More Images in Genesis With Connections To Other Origin Stories Pt. 2

In my last post we looked at some significant images in Genesis and compared their connections to other origin stories in the ancient world. We looked at the Watery Deep, the Serpent, and the Tree of Life. We saw how that in the mind of ancient Israelites, these images were loaded with significance, meaning, and…

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3 Images in Genesis With Connections To Other Origin Stories Pt. 1

When I started reading the Bible regularly as a teenager, I came across different stories that I had heard in references and conversations. Even in today’s world, with an increasing amount of “Nones” (people who have no 1st hand Christian/church background or exposure, some of the concepts and images from the Bible are still recognizable….

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How Sumerian Culture Influenced Genesis’ Author(s)

When I first started learning about Bible history, like many, I limited my scope of understanding to what was found in the Bible. Since then, I have learn much about the influence and influx of cultures into societies in general. Then, when I started digging deeper into some of the history mentioned in the Bible,…

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3 Reasons The Birth of Ishmael Was Not Wrong?

When we read the book of Genesis today, we see a world that is very different from ours. Human sacrifice had been practiced by some of the most advanced civilizations of the time. They were constantly making contracts and sealing them in the slain blood of animals and a meal consisting of those animals. Stones…

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