Genesis

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1000 BCE – 500 BCE

The word Genesis is Greek, meaning origins or birth. This is a paraphrase of the original Hebrew title, Bereshit, which means in the beginning and is the first word of the book.

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Manuscript of the Hebrew Bible Contemporaneous Resource

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Proto-Hebrew Alphabet Contemporaneous Resource

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Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin, 1880-1900. Artistic Response

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Genesis from “The Creation” Oratorio by Franz Josef... Artistic Response

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Introduction from “The Creation” Oratorio by Franz... Artistic Response

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Infancy of Moses, Dura Europos (Salahiyeh) Artistic Response

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Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel from Zübdet al-Tavarih... Artistic Response

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Cain Slaying Abel by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1608.... Artistic Response

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Ottoman Falnama Manuscript Illumination of Adam and... Artistic Response

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Adam and Eve by Titian, c.1570. Artistic Response

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Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer, 1507. Artistic Response

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Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch,... Artistic Response

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The Fall by Hugo van der Goes, after 1479 CE.... Artistic Response

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Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise by Masaccio... Artistic Response

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Castilian Fresco of the Creation of Adam and Fall... Artistic Response

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Pantheon Bible, 11th Century. Artistic Response

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Adam and Eve, by Gustav Klimt, 1917-1918. Artistic Response

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Separation of Lot and Abraham, Mosaic from the nave... Artistic Response

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Moses Crossing the Red Sea, c. 432-440 CE. Artistic Response

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Moses and the Hebrews crossing the Red Sea, early... Artistic Response

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Catacomb Wall Painting of Adam and Eve, 3rd cent.... Artistic Response

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Moses reading the Law, 244-245 CE. Artistic Response

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Wall Painting Detail of Moses Parting the Red Sea,... Artistic Response

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Wall Painting Detail of Finding Baby Moses, Dura-... Artistic Response

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Adam & Eve Mouse-Trap by Masami Teraoka, 1995... Artistic Response

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Genesis, First Version by Lorser Feitelson, 1934.... Artistic Response

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The Sacrific of Isaac. Bronze, 1401. Artistic Response

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Lot’s Wife by Kiki Smith, 1997. Artistic Response

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