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Creation is a Temple: Moses’ Brilliant Literary and Theological Move in Genesis 1

2020-07-25 by Todd 1 Comment

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It’s time to bring together the material from the last two posts to show how Moses makes a brilliant literary move in his Genesis 1 creation account. What does he do? He takes the normal ANE metaphor “the temple is creation” and reverses it to “creation is a temple.” This literary move has huge theological implications.

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Filed Under: muse Tagged With: ancient near east, creation, Genesis 1, inclusio, temple

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Creation is a Temple: Reading Creation Through the Proper Interpretive Lens

2017-04-20 by Todd 101 Comments

Creation was meant to be a place of provision and protection. That’s what the ordering of the six days of creation communicates. But Genesis 1:1-2:3 sets in motion a big idea that drives the whole biblical story from beginning to end. The temple theme is rooted in the seven day structure of creation and opens up the possibility that the author did not use “days” to express length of time, but rather to set up the all important temple metaphor as the lens through which we understand the creation narrative.

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Filed Under: muse Tagged With: creation, creation project, genesis, inclusio, symmetry, theology

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