Genesis 1-11: Myth or History? "Genesis 1 - 11 is either myth or history. That section of Scripture is not, and cannot be, a third thing: mythical history, or historical myth." In his article Genesis 1-11: Myth or History? Engelsma presents us with the question about the historicity of Genesis 1 - 11. Engelsma tries to defend Genesis 1 - 11 on the assumption that if Genesis 1 - 11, "the foundation of the doctrine of justification by faith alone and the source …
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…Ntting 30-31 hegel dictionary 'history based exclusively on non-documentary sources ... May be a sketchier, less satisfactory history than one drawn from documents, but is history all the same.''p 114 cit.burke Historical adj. 3 of, pertaining to or based on known facts 5as distinct from legendary or fictitious accounts. dictionary Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth (1988, Doubleday, New York), p. 6. campbell with Moyers, p. 45 ??? Jim Stoffels. http://users.owt.com/stoffels/genesis.htm