"THE CREATION PARABLE" - A PARABLE OF MOSES
“THE CREATION PARABLE” …and the Scripture became tohu va’vohu A radical retelling of Genesis 1 BQM KRIS S. CARRARA The Bible Question Man “I just have a few questions…” “Freely share this PDF with anyone hungry for truth.” © 2025 Kris S. Carrara. All rights reserved. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PDF FOR FREE https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VpMJa-hrZjkAAG-TU116cRdGu8ZiLjco/view?usp=sharing b’reshiyth For many years I read Genesis 1 the same way you probably did - as a science report about the birth of the universe. I was wrong. This does not deny that Yehovah created the universe. Moses is simply not talking about that here. In Genesis 1 Moses is describing the creation of Israel, using the language of creation to tell the story of the Exodus. b’reshiyth: The very first word of Scripture is not Hebrew for “Once upon a time...” “Every English Bible begins with the traditional translation, ‘In the beginning…’ and that tradition is the BIG LIE.” b’reshiyth does not mean “In...