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Creation is a Temple: The Temple as a Meme in the Ancient Near East and Genesis 1

2020-07-24 by Todd 8 Comments

Image Credit: Ramessos via Wikimedia Commons

Memes are a modern phenomenon that we associate with social media. But in a way, memes are as old as human culture. In this post, I want to think about the idea of “temple” as a meme in the ancient Near East that served as a way for people to understand their place in creation, especially their place in relation to God. We’ll see how the idea of temple, like a meme, was transferrable to different contexts. Then we’ll be ready for the next post, when we’ll see how Genesis 1 uses the temple meme to communicate theological truths about creation.

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