THE WORD OF GOD OR THE WORD OF MAN? 1 …

Throughout Scripture the word of God is characteristically both creative and effective: it is the prophetic word that declares the future and helps it come into being. But in this creation narrative these qualities of the divine word are even more apparent (Gordon J. Wenham, Genesis 1–15, WBC [Waco, TX: Word Publishing, 1987], 17–18). ................
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