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| | === [[Adam and Eve]], and the Garden of Eden === | | === [[Adam and Eve]], and the Garden of Eden === |
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| − | From Genesis 2:4 to the end of the chapter, the creation of the first man and [[woman]], [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], is described, along with the [[Garden of Eden|garden]] into which they were placed. The account also records that God brought various creatures<ref>''All the breast of the field and all the birds of the air'', so clearly a subset of all the creatures.</ref> to Adam to name. None of them made a suitable helper for Adam, so God created a woman for Adam. | + | From Genesis 2:4 to the end of the chapter, the creation of the first man and [[woman]], [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], is described, along with the [[Garden of Eden|garden]] into which they were placed. The account also records that God brought various creatures<ref>''All the beast of the field and all the birds of the air'', so clearly a subset of all the creatures.</ref> to Adam to name. None of them made a suitable helper for Adam, so God created a woman for Adam. |
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| | === The Fall === | | === The Fall === |
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| | In 1886 [[Julius Wellhausen]] promoted the idea that the the [[Pentateuch]] was written by a number of different but unknown authors at a later time than Moses. This "[[Documentary Hypothesis]]", as it has become known, is widely accepted and taught by more-liberal colleges. Conservative Biblical scholars such as [[Kenneth Kitchen]] and [[Gleason Archer]] and others give various arguments on why the Documentary Hypothesis is not supported by any evidence and also ignores evidence that Moses wrote the [[Torah]]. <ref>http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/moses.html</ref><ref>http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0404W3.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/13</ref><ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com/aec2.html</ref><ref>http://www.biblestudymanuals.net/moses.htm</ref> <ref>http://answering-islam.org.uk/Campbell/s3c1.html</ref> In addition, Dr. Yohanan Aharoni argues that archaeological discoveries shows that later authors or editors could not have put together or invented the [[Torah]] stories hundreds of years after they happened. <ref>http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/bible_criticism.htm</ref> [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Josh McDowell]] in his work ''New Evidence that Demands a Verdict'' discusses the development of the Documentary Hypothesis and its presuppositions, discusses various components of the Documentary hypothesis why scholars believe they are invalid, and lastly cites evidence that scholars believe argue for the [[Mosaic authorship]] of the Pentateuch. <ref>http://www.geocities.com/k9ocu/DH.htm</ref> | | In 1886 [[Julius Wellhausen]] promoted the idea that the the [[Pentateuch]] was written by a number of different but unknown authors at a later time than Moses. This "[[Documentary Hypothesis]]", as it has become known, is widely accepted and taught by more-liberal colleges. Conservative Biblical scholars such as [[Kenneth Kitchen]] and [[Gleason Archer]] and others give various arguments on why the Documentary Hypothesis is not supported by any evidence and also ignores evidence that Moses wrote the [[Torah]]. <ref>http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/moses.html</ref><ref>http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0404W3.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/13</ref><ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com/aec2.html</ref><ref>http://www.biblestudymanuals.net/moses.htm</ref> <ref>http://answering-islam.org.uk/Campbell/s3c1.html</ref> In addition, Dr. Yohanan Aharoni argues that archaeological discoveries shows that later authors or editors could not have put together or invented the [[Torah]] stories hundreds of years after they happened. <ref>http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/bible_criticism.htm</ref> [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Josh McDowell]] in his work ''New Evidence that Demands a Verdict'' discusses the development of the Documentary Hypothesis and its presuppositions, discusses various components of the Documentary hypothesis why scholars believe they are invalid, and lastly cites evidence that scholars believe argue for the [[Mosaic authorship]] of the Pentateuch. <ref>http://www.geocities.com/k9ocu/DH.htm</ref> |
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| − | According to the documentary hypothesis, the creation account is a combination of two different and inconsistent original accounts. Supporters of the theory point to what they see as discrepancies, such as Genesis 2:19 being worded as though God created animals and birds after Adam, whereas Genesis 1 indicates that man was created after the birds and animals. Opponents of the Documentary Hypothesis say that Genesis 2 is not intended as a chronological account, and should be read in the context of the preceding narrative, thus reading Genesis 2:19 the way that the NIV translates it: "Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the breasts of the field and all the birds of the air."<ref>As well as derivatives of the NIV, the [[English Standard Version]] includes this translation in a footnote, and Darby's translation also uses this wording.</ref> | + | According to the documentary hypothesis, the creation account is a combination of two different and inconsistent original accounts. Supporters of the theory point to what they see as discrepancies, such as Genesis 2:19 being worded as though God created animals and birds after Adam, whereas Genesis 1 indicates that man was created after the birds and animals. Opponents of the Documentary Hypothesis say that Genesis 2 is not intended as a chronological account, and should be read in the context of the preceding narrative, thus reading Genesis 2:19 the way that the NIV translates it: "Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air."<ref>As well as derivatives of the NIV, the [[English Standard Version]] includes this translation in a footnote, and Darby's translation also uses this wording.</ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |