Related to genesis:Book of Genesis gen·e·sis (jĕn′ĭ-sĭs) n.pl.gen·e·ses(-sēz′) 1.The coming into being of something; the origin. See Synonyms atbeginning. 2.GenesisSee Table atBible. [Latin, from Greek; seegenə-inIndo-European roots.] ...
The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., "the law." It is probable that the division of the Torah into five books proceeded from the Greek translators of the Old Testam...
[...] above the earth, it looks for answers to basic questions concerning the genesis of the stars and planetary systems as well as the origin of the solar system. contitech.cn 它在离地面 14 公里的高空工作,致力于寻求有关恒星系和行星系的起源以及太阳系的起源这样一些基本问题的答案。
from the same source, that of facts, our continents are of such small antiquity, that the memory of the revolution which gave them birth must still be preserved among men; and thus we are led to seek in the book of Genesis the record of the history of the human race from its origin....
The Zendavesta, in the opinion of competent scholars, is of very much more modern date. Of the Chinese sacred books, the oldest, theYihking, is undoubtedly of a venerable antiquity, but it is not certain that it was a religious book at all; while the writings attributed to Confucius are...
its own distinctive kind of order. Myths of creation have another distinctive character in that they provide both the model for nonmythic expression in the culture and the model for other cultural myths. In this sense, one must distinguish between cosmogonic myths and myths of the origin of ...
but this promise is not fulfilled until the book ofJoshua. Abraham wanders through Canaan, Isaac settles there, and Jacob eventually settles here, too. However, at the end of the book, the budding nation of Israel is dwelling as guests in Egypt. The next four books of the Torah tell us...
Origin and productionHonnêamise sequelIn March 1992, GAINAX had begun planning and production of an anime movie called Aoki Uru, which was to be a sequel to Oritsu Uchugun set 50 years later (so as to be easier to pitch to investors[6]) which, like Oritsu, would follow a group of ...
or Christ, is inextricably interwoven with Jewish history…what about the authority of the writers of the books of the New Testament, who, on this theory, have not merely accepted flimsy fictions for solid truths, but have built the very foundations of Christian dogma upon legendary quicksands?
Anyone who has studied something of ancient history knows about Herodotus. But the outstanding thing about the Bible is that Moses, who wrote the first five books of our Bible, had finished his books and was in his grave a thousand years before Herodotus saw the light of day. That's how...