Title: In the beginning : Genesis chapters 1 to 3 and the authority of scripture /
Authors: Young, Edward J. 1907-1968.
Publisher: Banner of Truth Trust,
Year: 1976
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Abstract: In 1967, in the last year of his life, E.J. Young delivered in Toronto a series of popular addresses which are here reprinted. He had already published more than one book on this same section of Scripture but the forceful, spoken-style of these pages, and the simplicity with which he presents his final thoughts on the key issue in Genesis 1-3, makes this one of the most readable and important of all his writings. Nothing was of greater concern to him than that the Church should speak plainly and boldly on the inspired record of man's creation and fall, and he demonstrates how a full acceptance of the divine authority of the Bible is essential to the proper interpretation of the Genesis narrative. - Back cover.
Contents: Introductory -- Genesis one. Verse one and the chapter -- Is Genesis One history? -- The primeval condition of the earth -- The first, second, and third days -- The fourth, fifth, and sixth days -- What about evolution? -- Genesis Two. Are there two accounts of creation? -- Man, woman, and the garden -- Genesis Three. The fall of man : fable, myth, or history? -- The fall of man : its main characteristics -- The fall of man : its accompaniments -- The first Messianic prophecy -- Appendix : God's covenant with Adam.