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In the Beginning … We Misunderstood: Interpreting Genesis 1 in Its Original Context is unavailable, but you can change that!

For years, the evangelical church and its members have debated whether the Bible should be interpreted literally or symbolically in regards to the age of the earth. In their groundbreaking new book, In the Beginning … We Misunderstood, authors Johnny V. Miller and John M. Soden say that all these arguments have missed the point. Rather, what Christians really need to know is how to interpret the...

possible interpretation, one must argue for another way of harmonizing the accounts. The point is that everyone who assumes the two accounts are not contradictory but complementary will also argue that the author intended to give a nonchronological order in chapter 2 in order to make a theological point (for example, mankind is seen as central to creation rather than as the climax). If chapter 2 is out of order for theological reasons, why must chapter 1 be in order chronologically? The only reason
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