Critical Issues in the book of Genesis

Abstract

Genesis comes from the Hebrew ‘Bereshit’ which is translated to mean the beginning of something or formation of something. Genesis is that biblical book that gives an account of how the world came into being and the origin of all species. The book of Genesis is one of the books in the Hebrew bible that has raised critical questions in the world of biblical scholarship. These questions have led various biblical scholars to investigate and study the book of Genesis in its depths. Biblical scholars are not in agreement about these issues. The following piece of discussion seeks to discuss the critical issues in the book of Genesis considering what different scholars mention about those issues. The article will discuss the following issues: authorship, date, creation stories, historicity, theological themes, women in Genesis, flood narratives, Genesis and the Ancient Near Eastern Traditions, inconsistencies, and many other issues that are going to follow.