Genesis 1 in Its Ancient Context

Dive into Genesis 1 and explore two Hebrew words (‘erets and raqia’) that will help us see the important theological claim being made through this cosmology picture.

Explore Genesis 1:2-3 and the creation of light to find out what the biblical authors intended with this ordering of the cosmos.

Examine the major themes of ancient Egyptian cosmology in contrast with the biblical account.

Explore the cosmology of another one of Israel’s neighbors to the east, Babylon.

Did God create something from nothing? What did “in the beginning” mean to the biblical authors? Delve into these questions in this session.

Take a closer look at how Jeremiah 4 uses ideas and words from Genesis 1 to explore the concept of tohu va-vohu (wild and waste).

Explore how the psalmist uses ideas and words from Genesis 1 in Psalm 104.