In the Beginning

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InterVarsity Press, Oct 17, 1984 - Religion - 240 pages

"Curiosity about our beginning continues to haunt the human race. It will not call off the Quest for its origins." The opening chapters of Genesis -- important at any time -- have been the focal point of controversy for more than a century. Few topics have been so hotly debated by theologians, philosophers and scientists alike. Henri Blocher argues that our primary task is to discover what these key chapters of the Bible originally meant. Only then will we be able to unravel the knotty issues surrounding human origins. Taking into account a vast array of scholarship, Blocher provides a detailed study of creation week, the image of God, the significance of male and female, the garden covenant, the Fall, the curse and the promise of redemption. He also offers significanct theological insights into the creation-evolution debate.

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Contents

Contents
7
Approaching Genesis
15
The week of creation
39
Copyright

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In the Beginning: The Opening Chapters of Genesis
Henri Blocher
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Common terms and phrases

A. R. Millard according Adam animal anti-scientism apostle Paul argument Barth Beauchamp Bible biblical Bonhoeffer book of Revelation Cain Calvin Cassuto chapter Christ Coppens covenant created creation creature death divine Dubarle earth Enuma elish evil evolution exegesis explain fact fall fideism flood follow fruit garden garden of Eden Genesis gives God's Goldstain heavens Hebrew historical human race Ibid idea interpretation Jesus Karl Barth Keil Kidner knowledge language literal living LORD mankind meaning merismus myth narrative nature neo-Darwinism Old Testament original paradise Paris passage Paul Ricoeur Pishon prologue question quoted reading reference reject relationship Renckens revelation Ricoeur river sabbath scientific scientists Scripture second tablet sense Septuagint sexual shame simply snake speaks Spirit suggests symbolic theme theory translation tree Ugaritic verb verse Westermann wisdom woman word writer YHWH

About the author (1984)

In October 2003, Henri Blocher was appointed to the Guenther H. Knoedler Chair of Theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Since 1965 he has served as professor of systematic theology at the Faculté Libre de Théologie Evangélique in Vaux-sur-Seine near Paris, France. A leading evangelical theologian and statesman, Blocher was a member of the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization (1975-1980), served the World Evangelical Fellowship/Alliance in a number of capacities, and taught in schools in Europe, Australia, Africa, Canada and the US. He is currently president of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians. Blocher studied at a number of institutions including the Sorbonne, London Bible College, Gordon Divinity School, and Faculté Libre de Théologie Protestant of Paris. He has written six books, four of which have appeared in English, and several dozen articles. His English publications include Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle, Evil and the Cross: Christian Thought and the Problem of Evil and In the Beginning: The Opening chapters of Genesis.

Bibliographic information

TitleIn the Beginning
AuthorHenri Blocher
PublisherInterVarsity Press, 1984
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized7 Jul 2009
ISBN0877843252, 9780877843252
Length240 pages
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Religion / Biblical Commentary / General
Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General
Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Pentateuch
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