Tag: God
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Book, Chapter, and Verse – Genesis 1:1
Bereshit בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ Γένεσις Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν Liber Genesis In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis is the first book of the Bible. The opening word in the Hebrew is…
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God, the Good, and the Good News
The Dialogues of Plato contain an interesting conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro. What is known as Euthyphro’s Dilemma can be paraphrased as follows: Is something good because it is loved by God, or is something loved by God because it is good? This is the type of question asked in Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. However, from a…