RE: [asa] RE: Are there guidelines for accommodational interpretation?

Hi Don, you wrote:

>>Thank you for your response. However, you give no reason why it is
history -- just a statement about why your *assumption* that it is
history ties in with your understanding of other aspects of ANE
history.<<

Let me state it another way. All the motifs of Genesis 2-11 can be
found in adjacent ANE literature. I can find a serpent cult, sacred
trees, a god dying and coming back to life, a man created by a god out
of clay, food and water of eternal life, etc. Parallel flood accounts
are all related. There is a Sumerian version of the Tower of Babel. So
I conclude that all the stories including the stories in Genesis 2-11
are related and all are historical. As to whether the Genesis version
is true or not is another issue. I don't see any compelling reason to
believe that Genesis is not factual whereas the epic tales are obviously
inflated.

Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org

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Received on Thu Jun 15 11:07:39 2006