Is Genesis History? Page #5

the data will be interpreted in very different ways.

It seems that a paradigm is ...

... drawing on a story that was given to us ...

... and the other paradigm is building this story.

Is that how you see it?

We have a witness to these events and that witness is us ...

... I am saying this is what happened ...

... and we have to take that into consideration ...

... and then evaluate the data.

Well, Paul, why this becomes something serious is ...

... we're not talking about a story about boiling water ...

... a certain temperature.

We're talking about a story that is ...

... with the origin of the universe.

Deals with the origin of life; The origin of humanity;

The origin of sin and why there is evil in the world;

The origin of geological formations ...

... we have around us; The origin of language.

I mean, this is not just any story.

He's dealing with very, very large elements of humanity ...

... and where we are today.

Yes.

You're talking about the origins of literally everything.

And I think if we turn away from all this and say, well,

What it is really the difference between these two paradigms ?,

It is not a question of science on one hand ...

... against religion on the other because both are scientific in the sense ...

... they are observing a common set of data.

The most profound difference is really ...

... Two historical views competing ...

What is the true history of our cosmos?

This seems to be the real question.

What is our true story?

What really happened?

The conflict is not between two views of science,

but between two views of history.

Since Genesis was written in Hebrew,

I wanted to talk to an expert in Hebrew.

What really was the original text?

The first word in Genesis is Braichit ...

Genesis 1:
1 is Braichit.

This is the beginning of Toledot Noah.

That word Toledot, is a very interesting word.

Sometimes it translated as "pedigrees".

Sometimes it translated as "history".

And what follows is the record of the Flood.

Steve, it seems that there is much history in the Bible.

Is that how you see it?

Oh, absolutely.

In fact, the first thing is that it is an accurate historical account.

The presentation is such in the perspective of writers ...

... they thought they were talking about real events.

It is very obvious from the way they insisted ...

... that the next generation learn its history.

When you see those early chapters in Genesis,

What do you see?

Can you give us show?

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ...

No Hebrew word for the Universe.

This means that He created everything.

And the next thing we find in Genesis 1: 2 ...

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