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  2. Tohu wa-bohu - Wikipedia

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    Tohuw is frequently used in the Book of Isaiah in the sense of "vanity", but bohuw occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible (outside of Genesis 1:2, the passage in Isaiah 34:11 mentioned above, [5] and in Jeremiah 4:23, which is a reference to Genesis 1:2), its use alongside tohu being mere paronomasia, and is given the equivalent translation of ...

  3. The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    These are the themes of the planes depicting the story of Creation from the Book of Genesis: Chapter 2, vs. 7, 15-17, 20-22; Chapter 3, vs. 1-10, 16-18, 21-24; Chapter 4, vs. 1-8: 13 - God breathing life into Adam 14 - Adam dwelling in Paradise 15 - God creates Eve out of Adam's rib

  4. Fall of man - Wikipedia

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    In Covenant theology, Adam is said to have failed to fulfill the commandment to life and the Covenant of Works, which is summarized in Genesis 2:1517. In verse 15, humanity is to "dress" and "keep" the garden (KJV), or to "work it" and "take care of it" . In verse 17, God gives the "focal probationary proscription", that Adam must not eat of ...

  5. Forbidden fruit - Wikipedia

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    In the Vulgate, Genesis 2:17 describes the tree as "de ligno autem scientiae boni et mali": "but of the tree [literally 'wood'] of knowledge of good and evil" (mali here is the genitive of malum). However, Yadin-Israel argues that Latin Christian writers from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages rarely used mâlum to refer to the forbidden fruit. [9]

  6. Textual variants in the Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate) texts are written left to right, and not ...

  7. Genesis creation narrative - Wikipedia

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    The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story, [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from different sources.

  8. Soul in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    — Genesis 2:19 (with notes added) In 1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJV), soul [ psūchê ] is defined based on an interpretation of Old Testament text; “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul [ psūchê ] ; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”( 1 Corinthians 15:45 )

  9. Creation of life from clay - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Genesis 2:7 states, "Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being" [15] [New Revised Standard Version translation]. In context, though, it is important to note that there are two creation stories in Genesis: the one just mentioned in 2:7 ...