GENESIS, The Study of
GENESIS:
A Study In
13 Lessons
Prepared by:
PAUL E. CANTRELL
2004
GENESIS:
A
Study
In
BEGINNINGS
13 Lessons
Prepared by:
PAUL E. CANTRELL
84 Northview Drive
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
pecantrell@
TABLE Of CONTENTS
"A study of Genesis"
Lessons
Topics
Pages
1
Introduction to the Study of Genesis
1-2
2
In the Beginning, God
3-4
3
The Beginning of Heaven and Earth
5-7
4
The Beginning of Living Creatures
8-9
5
The Beginning of Man
10-11
6
The Beginning of Marriage and the Home
12-13
7
The Beginning of Sin &Rebellion of Man
14-16
8
The Beginning of Religion
17-18
9
Beginning Anew
19-21
10
The Beginning of Nations
22-24
11
The Beginning of the Nation of promise
25-26
12
The Beginning of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
27-29
13
A Review Test
30
Page 1
Study of Genesis
Lesson One
¡°Introduction to the Study of Genesis¡±
The Bible is referred to as ¡°the book of books.¡± The more it is studied and understood,
the more such a title seems appropriate. Genesis is one of the sixty-six books of the Bible that is
not only interesting, but is arresting to the mind of man. It has been said of Martin Luther that he
lectured on Genesis for eleven years. What does this book contain to claim such an interest? As
the name indicates, it is a book of ¡°beginnings.¡± The Jews gave it this name from the first word
in the book¡ª¡°bereshith.¡± When the Old Testament was translated into the Greek language, the
translators used ¡°genesis¡± to identify this book. The Latin Vulgate and our English versions have
all carried this title over.
AUTHOR AND DATE OF WRITING
The first five books of the Old Testament are often referred to by the following terms:
¡°The Books of Law,¡± ¡°The Torah,¡± ¡°The Pentateuch,¡± etc. All evidence points toward God using
Moses to write, not only Genesis, but the other four books of Law. The following evidence is
appealed to in order to confirm Moses¡¯ authorship:
1) All Jewish parties have been unanimous in accepting the Mosaic authorship.
2) Statements in these and other Old Testament books indicate such. (Exo. 17:14; 24:4-8; 34:27;
Num. 33:1-2; Deut. 31:9, 22; Josh. 1:7-8; 8:31; 23:6; 24:26; 1 Kings 2:3; 8:9, 53; 2 Kings
10:31; 11:12; 1 Chron. 16:40; 2 Chron. 12:1; Ezra 3:2; 6:18; Neh. 1:7; 8:1; Dan. 9:11).
3) Moses was the one through whom God spoke to the people in those days: ¡°as the Lord
commanded Moses¡± and ¡°The Lord spake unto Moses saying¡± were constantly used to
indicate this.
4) The New Testament adds its weight of evidence to confirm that God used Moses to write
these five books. (Matt. 19:4-8; Mk. 12:18-27; Lk. 16:31; 24:27; Jn. 1:45; 5:46-47; Acts
15:21-25; Rom. 10:5; Heb. 13:12-13).
5) Moses had all the qualifications needed to be used by God to write these things down:
a) He was guided of God in his revelations to the people (Num. 12:1-8).
b) He was educated by the Egyptians, could write, knew social and religious customs,
as well as the official and general practices of the courts of Egypt.
c) He lived for 40 years in the wilderness area through which he led the children of Israel
from Egypt to Palestine.
6) The unity of the books, as well as the similarity of language, would indicate a common
authorship.
7) There is no constructive and reasonable evidences to point to anyone else.
The dating of Genesis becomes a fairly easy matter once the Mosaic authorship is
accepted. If the chronological information that we have access to is anywhere close to being
correct, the date of writing would have to be around the 15th century B.C. The time would be
during the Wilderness Wanderings after having left Egypt.
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