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EPISODE · Jun 21, 2015 · 25 MIN

1.8 Genesis I: Stories of Creation

from History in the Bible · host Garry Stevens

The opening chapters of Genesis recount two stories of creation, neither of which involves Satan. One is from the J source, the other from the P source. I compare these to the creation stories from ancient Mesopotamian sources. Genesis has always been more important to Christians than to Jews, who regared Exodus as telling the central story of Judaism.  Naturally, that leads to a discussion of Jewish attitudes to IVF.

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