Assertion: genesis | /r/HasProperty | poetic
Facets:
value: in form
type: OTHER
value: really
type: DEGREE
value: in nature
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Eventually (shortly after the dawning of the twentieth century), others began to suggest that Genesis 1 and 2 are somewhat poetic in nature.
text: A number of theologians claim that Genesis is not meant to be taken straightforwardly, that it is really poetry or allegory, or just a polemic against the surrounding paganism.
text: Nevertheless, even if it were demonstrated that Genesis 1 is a poetic text, this would not mean that it cannot also be an accurate revelation of details of actual history.29
text: He declared that it cannot be said “that Genesis 1 is poetic in form.
text: Third, the acknowledgment that the Egyptians wrote historical prose significantly weakens the argument that Genesis 1 and 2 are poetry, not prose.