Who Told You That You Were Naked Summary

There has been much debate over the interpretation of Genesis 1:1-2 throughout the years and continues today. The reason for this debate is because of the wording of Genesis 1:2 that the “earth was without form and void” (formless and empty). The real debate is the relationship of this verse to Genesis 1:1. When trying to interpret this text or any text in the Bible one must look at the grammar and structure of the passage – the original Hebrew as well as well as principles of hermeneutics to determine which interpretation is the best fit for the text. This essay will evaluate the interpretation of Genesis 1:1-2 especially the view known as the Gap theory in determining whether there is any justification for a long gap of time between the two verses (Genesis 1:1&2). This will be done by analyzing the grammatical-syntactical relationship between these two verses.

     In this essay I will take an interpretive look at Genesis chapters 5-9. The main focuses will be: the relationship between God, Noah, and Noah’s generation of mankind; the barriers and boundaries for

To study Genesis in terms of its literary and historical content is not to say that we are in any way being irreverent in our reading of this part of the Old Testament. In other words, it is possible to read Genesis in both a spirit of appreciation for its position as the opening exegetical narrative of the Bible and as a document that reflects literary and historical realities and influences during the time when it was being written down. This paper examines some of the contemporary sources that influenced the two sets of writers who recorded the events of Genesis.

In the book of Genesis, we are introduced to everything. From the creation stories to the sagas in between Genesis is an opening to the old testament and an opening to the book of exodus. This essay will contrast each creation story and describe each stories interest, explain how Genesis 12: 1-3 links the stories of 2: 4b-11 with the ancestral narratives in 12-50 and connect the sagas of Abraham/Sarah, Isaac/ Rebecca and Jacob/ Racheal.

To understand this novel, one has to be familiar with the classic Christian stories in the Book of Genesis. One particular story they have to be familiar with is the story of Adam and Eve. Adam was created on the sixth day that Earth was and he was created in God’s image. He was put into the Garden of Eve and was given everything he could possibly need. The same day, Eve was created out of Adam’s own rib. They were to spend eternity in the beautiful Garden of Eve. One day, Eve had an encounter with a snake in the forbidden tree. The snake promised Eve that if both she and Adam were to eat from the forbidden tree, they would have the same power as God. Eve believed this and brought Adam to the forbidden tree. When they ate fruit from the tree,

I was truly moved by this book, thus the reason I have given it four

I love how the author presents their book like a research essay. Combs brings in the reader by expressing the different interpretations the bible could be read, as well as expressing what he, himself, thinks the bible means. Combs brings to life points in the book of Genesis I never thought of before, and ways of how to interpret the text. It is extremely enlightening. Combs also writes with an intention to inspire the reader to dive deeper into the meaning of faith for themselves.

God does not hold Himself distant from His creation, but He embraces it; He walks with it. He engages with that which He created. The story of Creation shows that the author of it all is personal, intimate, and cares about what He created. Act one gives us a glimpse of how the world was supposed to be; a beautiful, intimate, God –in –the –midst life of perfect satisfaction with the absence of sin. However, this all crumbled in Act two when Adam and Eve decided to disobey God and take their lives into

The author's story is one of fantasy, without any real merit. The stories of creation, gifts of skill, and man's gift of fire are explained making some of the details sound as though they are fact. Some metaphors give reason to believe these fairytales may be true. Although science has a much more logical explanation for evolution. The story tries to explain who is responsible for the creation of all things and who had given what skills and living spaces to all the lands inhabitants, except man.

For the past two-thousand years, the Book of Genesis has served as work of literature to the western civilization. Whether people believed in the Bible or not, the Book of Genesis tell stories they talk about having good morals, teaching live-learned lessons and overall it gives a glimpse of how the first human being acted when the world was developing and how they handle problems and situations. However, even though the book of Genesis shows a tone of life long morals, Genesis also shows the different sides of humans. Genesis shows how human can be deceitful, evil, and disobedient to authority figures. But these traits with humans were rarely displayed by man, but mostly by woman. In

Who Told You That You Were Naked?, is a nonfiction book with 205 pages written by a retired Presbyterian minister named Bill Combs. It starts out in Alaska as he recollects his childhood memory of basking in the beauty of the aurora borealis, he uses this memory as an analogy to add insight to the readers perception to certain areas of the Bible. Then he takes us to the Garden of Eden to set the scene of what Adam might have been experiencing before actually eating the forbidden fruit. Throughout the rest of the book, he goes back and forth from some of the dramatized bible stories, to the actual biblical reference, and the in depth theological explanation of what is being read. It ventures to many different stories of the Bible such as, Cane

The story of creation begins with Genesis 1 and 2, it explains how the world and it’s living inhabitants were created from God’s touch. From Genesis 1 we see how the sky, seas, land, animals, and mankind were created. However Genesis 2 focuses more on the first of mankind, known as Adam and Eve and how they are made to be. In this paper I will compare Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 and what the main idea for creation is in each one, however in my opinion there is no contradiction between the two. Genesis 2 merely fills in the details that are "headlined" in Genesis 1.

Man’s nakedness (i.e. Adam and Eve) symbolically represents his essential state (On Literary Polish-1462), the ability to rise and fall (Oration of the Dignity of Mankind-1486), to create civilization (On Discovery-1499), to rise from bestial conditions, the potential to be clothed, to create dwellings, to craft (Book of Craftsman-1400), to be the ‘first achiever’ in the entire course of human history. According to Burke, it serves a functional purpose to portray such nakedness, since it visually identifies the couple Adam and Eve from other historical figures in the cycles of ‘uomini famosi’ during the Quattrocento as well as speaks to the continual potential of man to clothe himself, naturally leading to other human

When the glory of the Lord abandons, it leaves the true nature that our own eyes cannot behold. But the love of God is boundless. The explanation cannot fit the human understanding because of sin that compromised our perception of love. A paramount truth remains to be outstanding about it- He does not Destroy Once He Has created. After the fall of man, the perfect relationship is destroyed by shame. Adam becomes worried, confused and ashamed. On the other hand, His Maker disappointed of His creation. From here many questions usually arise. What if, why Did God …questions that actually suggests a number of possibilities that God maybe should have taken to make an instant yet permanent Fix. To save us from the weirdos of present bitter Truths.

The book of Genesis presents the reader with a relational God. In particular, Genesis focuses on the relationship between God and man and “thus Genesis does not present a static theology of God’s involvement with humanity, but regardless of his mode of engagement, God is present and active”. However, the sin of man arrived into the world and these relationships were fractured. Again, God exhibits judgment, but also mercy when in Genesis three He sends Adam and Eve out of the Garden for their transgression, yet provides clothes as an act of grace.