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May 22, 2015 · Elohim said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’. He said further, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “I AM has sent me to you.”’ (Exodus 13:14) The Hebrew phrase translated “I am who I am” is ehyeh asher ehyeh (eh-YEH a-SHER eh-YEH). It can also be translated as “I am that I am” or “I will be what I will be.”.
Jan 28, 2013 · The same questions might be asked of God's creation of the sun and other stars. In Genesis 1:16, we read: “God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.”. Again, the Hebrew word here for “made” or “created” is asah.
- Joshua M. Moritz
- 2013
Basic to the theory of evolution is the assumption that the laws and forces of physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, and biology known to us today have been the same since the beginning of the world. This is termed the principle of actuality. Judaism can accept this assumption. However, it has not been proven by scientific methods; in fact ...
Jewish views on evolution include a continuum of views about evolution, creationism, and the origin of life. Some Jewish denominations accept evolutionary creationism (theistic evolution). Classical Rabbinic Teachings. The vast majority of classical rabbis hold that God created the world close to 6,000 years ago and created Adam and Eve from clay
Oct 21, 2016 · It is often taken for granted today that the differing terms for God in the Hebrew Bible function as synonyms, although, originally, not all terminology used for God referred to the same deity. This article provides an overview of the terms El, Yahweh, and Elohim, which are all equated today, and a hypothetical reconstruction of when these terms came to prominence in Ancient Israel.
- James S. Anderson
- 2017
My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help. The scientific theory of evolution seems to contradict the biblical account of Creation. While the Bible claims that God created the world in six days, culminating with the creation of humanity, the theory of evolution asserts that humanity evolved over billions of years.
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May 7, 2021 · My answer: I do believe God directly intervened to create the first humans. Specifically, I hold the position that all humanity is descended from a single male (Adam) and a single female (Eve) whom God specially created and from whom all human beings are descended. Genesis 1 and 2 uses Hebrew verbs (bara, asa, yatsar) for the origin of Adam and ...