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Here's a biblical studies article by The Torah, discussing about the misconceived understanding about the Genesis creation story by astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss, and yet, how both the modern and ancient cosmologists are similar to each other. A fascinating reading. It may be wordy, though.


The author of Gen 1:2 says nothing about the origin of what he inferred to be the primal stuff in the cosmos because he understood that it was always there. Some modern physicists, like Krauss, would agree on this point. Unlike a modern physicist, however, the author of Genesis 1 was not ethically neutral about the created world. He understood not that it was merely "good," but that it was "very good" (Gen 1:32).
 

Here's a biblical studies article by The Torah, examining the relationship between the Tabernacle and creation. It may be wordy, though.


The account of the Tabernacle’s construction echoes the creation story in Genesis 1-2:4a, providing an interpretive key to the ancient understanding of this structure. Ritual theory provides further insight into what Israelite readers may have found meaningful about the Tabernacle as a ritual place.
 
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