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Why do the bible in genesis account creation to Elohim and not YHWH is YHWH the Elohim is it because of mistranslation or something else?
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Mr. Heiser claims that the word Elohim in Hebrew, meaning "gods" is not a plural word. His main proof is that it says in Hebrew "The Elohim Said" in a singular form not a plural form. This would indicate that the word Elohim was a name and not meaning plural gods. Of course this also could mean that the scribes of The Bible kept it in a singular form to show the monotheistic viewpoint. There are many uses of the plural term of the word Elohim in the Bible. I have listed several plural forms below and it is in fact very hard to find any singular uses of the word.
The word Elohim is definitely plural and does indeed mean "gods" and it actually contains two forms of the singular word for God inside of itself.
1. The word EL means God and it is the first part of the word Elohim.
2. The word Eloah, also means God and it is the first part of the word Elohim. Eloah in Hebrew is a three letter root which most Hebrew words contain.
Here we already have two singular forms of the word God inside the plural word Elohim. Yet, Mr. Heiser has never mentioned these singular forms inside the plural word. He still insists Elohim is singular knowing well that is already contains two singular words for God.
The Universal Creator God of the Bible known as Yahweh speaks and is quoted within the Bible. When he spoke to the ancient Hebrews while giving them the 10 commandments, he indeed used the plural word of Elohim meaning gods.
The Christians mantain the Trinity as the Father the Son and the Holy ghost (Saint Spirit)
as the main identities of the heavens.
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Why do people say that 3 days something happens to the body after death 10 days dent 20 then 30 and the last is 40 days?
Because they believe that the resurrection of Jesus is a literal account of events following his crucifixion.Because they believe that the resurrection of Jesus is a literal account of events following his crucifixion.Because they believe that the resurrection of Jesus is a literal account of events following his crucifixion.Because they believe that the resurrection of Jesus is a literal account of events following his crucifixion.
How many stories of creation are there in Genesis?
There are two creation stories in Genesis, plus fragments of a third in Job and the Book of Psalms. The original creation story of Genesis is now the second one, starting at verse 2:4b (the second sentence of verse 2:4). The early Jews are believed to have encountered an early version of what is now the first creation story, in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, during the Babylonian Exile. It was assimilated and added to Genesis, without removing the second creation story, probably because the older story was popular and it would have caused dissent to have removed it.Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that pious readers, believing that the text cannot contain contradictions, ignore the major disjunctions between the two creation stories and tend to treat the second story as the fuller, more detailed account of the creation of man (and woman), but he says we must scrupulously avoid reading into the second story any facts or notions taken from the first (and vice versa) if we mean to understand each story on its own terms.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
What is the spiritual significance of Genesis chapter 1?
Genesis chapter 1, together with chapter 2:1-4a, forms the first creation story and was written by the Priestly Source, based on the creation story he encountered in Babylon. It demonstrates the creative power of God more effectively than the much older Yahwist creation story (Genesis 2:4b-2:20), because it talks of God creating the firmament and the heavenly bodies above, something missing from the second creation story.By having God create the heavenly bodies, the story demonstrates that they are dependent on God alone and are not the symbols of other gods, nor do they represent the presence of other gods. This story is much more attuned to monotheism than the second creation story.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
What happened to Lilith the first woman?
The second creation account in Genesis (2:4b-2:25) says that Eve was the first woman God created - some time after he created Adam. However, Jewish scribes long ago noticed that the first creation account (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) also states that woman was created at the same time as man ("both male and female"). The two creation stories should be read independently of each other, scrupulously avoiding reading into the second story any facts or notions taken from the first. However, a rabbinic tradition is that this first woman was Lilith, and that she was Adam's first wife. She left him and flew away because Adam would not let her be on top during sexual intercourse. In this interpretation, Yahweh created Eve in the second story because Adam was still single and needed company. By means of two relatively recent traditions, one obvious inconsistency between the two creation accounts has been rationalised. In Hebrew mythology, Lilith was the Demoness of desolation, obsession, and madness.
What does the first book of the bible tell us about?
Genesis tells about a few different things: The creation account Man's fall into sin God's judgment by a flood because of man's sinful nature The setting apart of a man (Abram) to become a nation set apart to God The settling of that nation in Canaan, then their moving to Egypt.
Why were atom bombs dropped on Japan was it because of the mistranslation of a word?
The "because of mistranslation of a word" story is an old urban legend with no basis whatsoever in fact.
What came first creation or evolution?
creation because you need something to evolve
Where is the story of creation?
Many peoples have creation-narratives, because it is a universal tradition. The account of the Creation in the Hebrew Bible is in the first passages of Genesis. See also:A summary of the Creation-narrative
How does the creation account in Genesis 1 support or refute the idea of a 6-day creation?
The creation account in Genesis chapter 1 is based on the idea of a six-day creation so, read literally, it more than supports the idea. The refutation comes indirectly, because of the scientific errors in this creation account, which are now so obvious. For example, we know the sun and the stars existed before the earth was formed but, in the biblical account, it is not until Genesis 1:16, on the fourth day, that they are created.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
What is important about the order of creation in Genesis?
The order of creation in Genesis 1:1-2:4a is important to scholars because it provides further evidence that this account is not really true. This account holds that light was created before the sun, moon and stars; that grass grew before the sun existed; and so on. We now know that light comes from the sun - without it, the Earth would be so cold that even the air would freeze, and in total darkness. And without the sun, grass could not grow.The order of creation in Genesis 1:1-2:4a is so different to that in the second creation account, beginning in Genesis 2:4b, that they must be entirely separate myths. In the first account, man (both male and female) was created at the end of creation, after creation of the animals. In the second account, man (Adam) was created before creation of the animals, while Eve was not created until afterwards.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
Can you have a payable account as a prepayment?
Generally speaking, no. A payable account is a liability account where the company owes something. If you have a payable on your books it's something you "owe" another person/company. Prepayment refers to something that is "prepaid" or paid before hand. Prepaid accounts are generally considered "assets" on your books. For example "Prepaid Insurance" would be listed in your assets. If your company prepays for something, you list it on your books as an asset of some form. If you ordered computers from another company and prepay for receiving them, your books will list this transaction as an account receivable, which is an asset account because now the company you paid the computers for "owes you" and it will be an asset on your account. Now if we reverse this transaction and a company pays your company for computers that it has not received yet, then it becomes a liability on your account (i.e. account payable) because you now owe that company something. Therefore a payable account of any kind can not be listed as a prepayment.
Why use spreadsheet models?
because you need them if you ever grow up to be a account ten or something like that
What is the compared description of Psalms 8 and 114 along with the accounts in Genesis chapters 1-3?
A:Psalm 8 is a particularly beautiful psalm based on the first creation account in Genesis 1:1-2:4a. We can identify this because it is only in the first creation account that God put the sun, moon and stars into heaven, and only in the first creation account that God gave man dominion over all things. There is no reference to the second creation account (Genesis chapters 2, from verse 4b, and 3). We can readily date Psalm 8 to the end of the Babylonian Exile or probably later because of its reference to the first creation account, which was only written during the Babylonian Exile. Psalm 114 is a reference to the story of the Exodus ("When Israel went out of Egypt"). Verse 3 refers to the parting of the Red Sea ("the sea fled") and of the River Jordan ("Jordan was driven back"). Verse 8 refers to the passage wherein Moses struck a rock to bring forth water.
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