body, but in Genesis 1:1-2, no heavenly body is created, only unformed “heavens” and “earth.” Next, in Genesis 1:3-4, God creates “light” and “darkness” — not, pointed- ly, “day” and “night.” Day and night are indicators of a spinning astral body facing a sun; da...
The meaning of it has been much discussed, but we find the thigh in Genesis 46:26, Exodus 1:5--in both which places it is rendered loins--used as the source of posterity. Probably, therefore, as Tuch argues, it is an euphemistic manner of describing the circumcised member, which was ...
High STC activity meaning high HDAC4 expression and consequently low MEF2 activity, and low STC activity meaning low HDAC4 protein accumulation and as a consequence higher MEF2 activity triggering slow muscle gene MyHC-I and Tnni1 activation (Potthoff et al., 2007). HDAC4 protein level is ...
Here, elements from ancient tradition are used in sketching a broad picture of the origins; various sections explain how evil, suffering, and death entered the world through the sin of the first man; the promise of salvation makes clear from the outset what the meaning of the entire biblical...
"Your name will no longer be Jacob [meaning 'supplanter'], but Israel [meaning 'he struggles with God'], because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome" (32:27-28). A New Name: Israel (32:28)This new name from God is significant. We see several times through...