ראשׁית rḕshı̂̂yt—the “head-part, beginning” of a thing, in point of time (Genesis 10:10), or value ([Reference Proverbs…

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.

Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…

When that "beginning" was, we cannot tell. It may have been long ages before God prepared this world as a dwelling place for humanity, but it was n…

In the beginning. To interpret the term “beginning” as referring to Christ is entirely frivolous. For Moses simply intends to assert that …

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. By the heaven some understand the supreme heaven, the heaven of he…

The first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying and useful account of the origin of the earth and the heavens. The faith of humble Christians un…