Pierce Point Community Church

Beginnings Hebrew “bǝrēʾšît bārāʾ ʾǝlōhîm ʾēt haššāmayim wǝʾēt hāʾāres.” - Genesis 1:1 In beginning created God the Heavens (sky) and the Earth (land). - Genesis 1:1 Septuagint (LXX) “ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.” - Genesis 1:1 “In beginning created the God the heavens and the Earth.” - Genesis 1:1 “The unacknowledged heresy underlying most Modern English versions of the Bible is the use of translation as a vehicle for explaining the Bible instead of representing it in another language, and in the most egregious circumstances this amounts to explaining away the Bible.” - Robert Alter