Proposal
The vocabulary and grammar of the biblical creation describe a period of seven-literal 24-hour days – unanimously affirmed by ancient Jewish and Ante-Nicene Christian commentators. Nevertheless, a God-plus-evolution myth has arisen offering an alternative interpretation of the biblical creation. The ideas range from each day being a long indefinite era of time to the Genesis account merely being a literary framework with no bearing to reality. This study seeks to prove that the seven days of creation were literal-24 days by considering: The delimiting use of a number in front of the Hebrew word “yom” (day); the literal use of numbers in the Bible, the language and the grammar of Genesis one and two, and the value of literary genre.
Keywords
Creationism, creation, language, God, evolution, myth
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Recommended Citation
Hamp, Douglas
(2013)
"The Language of Creation: Confronting the God Plus Evolution Myth,"
Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism: Vol. 7, Article 26.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol7/iss1/26