An enduring mystery in Genesis is how this talking serpent knew about the forbidden fruit, the knowledge of good and evil, and what would happen as a result of eating this fruit. How did this serpent become so knowledgeable? Was the serpent an agent of God’s will? Had the serpent eaten the fruit and thus acquired the …
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Applying Praxeology to the Book of Genesis
According to the Book of Genesis, human beings were created in the image of God. It is this likeness to God which distinguishes humans from all other animals. But what exactly is this likeness? How are humans like God? Beyond any presumed physical appearance, the likeness seems to consist in the fact that humans act. Human action, …
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Crime and Punishment in Genesis
In Genesis, God gives a pivotal commandment to Adam: “And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die’” (Genesis 2:16-17). …