The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth

Show notes:

• Genesis 1:1 and a brief history of interpretation: Platonic dualism (6:41)
• Modern ideas: flat earth, old/young earth (8:18)
• How did the Jewish people understand the heavens and the earth? (12:55)
• The “host of the heavens” (21:40)
• The heavens and divine sovereignty (23:30)
• The book of Jubilees and the Divine Council (27:04)
• The structure of the heavens and the earth as described by cosmic travel narratives (41:14)
• How did these things affect how the apostles lived? (46:24)