Sentences with phrase «hebrew creation account»

= > well, that's what separates the Hebrew creation account from the others.

God (in the Hebrew creation account) did nt have a beginning, He has always been.

Not exact matches

Not only does the completion of creation in six days correlate with and support the religious calendar and Sabbath observance (if the Hebrews had had a five - day work week, the account would have read differently), but also the seventh day of rest employs to the full the symbolic meaning of the number seven as wholeness, plenitude, completion.

The second definition fits the second creation account in that it provided the moral imperative needed to support the patriarchal Hebrew culture at that time.

I agree that the creation account is a piece of literature / theology which is couched in language which the Hebrews could understand but to put it on the level of a completely imaginary fairy tale like Cinderella creates problems because we cant formulate doctrine on the basis of fairy tales.

We will see that just as with every other verse in the creation account, Moses is making a theological point that his Hebrew audience would have recognized and understood.