December 4th, 2020
In this episode I give my rejoinders to a response article from TurretinFan where he gave objections to my work on Genesis 1.
My original article:
Text Version
Video Version
TurretinFan's Response: click HERE
(For more of my work on Genesis 1, CLICK HERE)
November 30th, 2020
In this episode, I give part two of my response to my friend Steve Scrhamm on some of my comments about Genesis 1 and Young Earth Creationism.
My original article:
TEXT VERSION
VIDEO VERSION
Steve's Response: CLICK HERE
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January 28th, 2018
In this episode I give my final thoughts on the debate that I had with Jason Mullett on our views of Genesis 1. If you have not listened to the debate yet, go back and listen to the last MEGA episode which contains the full debate, audience Q&A and after show.
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January 28th, 2018
In this episode I air a debate I had with Jason Mullett of Logical Belief Ministries on our differing views of Genesis 1.
December 27th, 2017
In this episode I present the final installment of my series on Genesis 1 and what I think is the best handling of the text - the Polemical Literary Framework. This is part 5 of the series so I recommend listening back to the previous episodes before jumping into this one.
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The Mentionables Conference 2018 registration: https://thementionables.org/
Sources:
John Walton
- “Reading Genesis Through Ancient Eyes” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci-6ekUmQFE
- Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Eisenbrauns: 2011)
- The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (IVP, 2009)
- Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament (Baker: 2006)
- Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context: A Survey of parallels between biblical and ancient Near Eastern texts (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989)“Creation in Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 and the Ancient Near East: Order out of Disorder after Chaoskampf,” Calvin Theological Journal 43 (2008): 48-63.
- “Interpreting the Bible as an Ancient Near Eastern Document” in Israel-Ancient Kingdom or Late Invention? Archaeology, Ancient Civilizations, and the Bible, ed. D. Block (Nashville: Broadman/Holman, 2008) 298-327.
Futato, Mark
Irons, Lee
Kline, Meredith
Miller and Soden
- In the Beginning… We Misunderstand. (Kregel: 2012)
Currid, John
Niehaus, Jeffrey
- Ancient Near Eastern Themes in Biblical Theology (Kregel: 2008)
November 27th, 2017
In this article, I respond to several of the most common YEC arguments given in favor of their reading of Genesis 1 against the views of others.
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November 6th, 2017
In this episode I conclude my series dealing with Genesis 1 as a Polemical Literary Framework.
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October 2nd, 2017
In this episode I continue the series dealing with my view of Genesis 1 as a polemical literary framework opposing the Egyptian creation myths.
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For the full paper, visit:
https://www.academia.edu/29550502/A_Historical-Grammatical_and_Polemical_Reading_of_Genesis_1
November 21st, 2016
In this episode I discuss my recent paper on polemics in Genesis 1 and some of the backlash that it has received.
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Link to the article:
https://www.academia.edu/29550502/A_Historical-Grammatical_and_Polemical_Reading_of_Genesis_1
Link to the articles I mention that I wrote previously:
http://freedthinkerpodcast.blogspot.com/2011/05/israel-in-egypt-historical-fact-or.html
http://freedthinkerpodcast.blogspot.com/2011/06/israel-in-egypt-historical-fact-or.html