In the Beginning, God: Genesis 1-3 and the Authority of God

Edward J. Young, professor at Westminster Theological School in Philadelphia, USA, was one of the great evangelical Old Testament theologians of his generation. He died in 1968.

This text is the French transcription of conferences given in 1967. Its author was concerned to bring out the profound truths of the Bible, in a clear and direct manner, for a wider audience than just specialists.

The big questions about origins are addressed here with great wisdom. Young does not avoid the difficult questions raised by the text of Genesis: Is it a myth? What does the verb "create" mean? What about the theory of evolution? How should we understand the relationship between man and woman or the catastrophe of the "fall"?

The reader will find, in this little book, a light which will cut through the current confusion.

Table of contents:

• Preface by Pierre Berthoud

1. Introduction
2. The relationship of verse 1 to the whole of the first chapter
3. Is the Book of Genesis a History Book?
4. The original condition of the land
5. The first, second and third day
6. The fourth, fifth and sixth day
7. About evolution
8. Two Redicts of Creation
9. The Man and the Woman in the Garden of Eden
10. The Fall of Man: Fable, Myth or History?
11. The fall of man: its main characteristics
12. The Fall of Man: Its Consequences
13. The First Messianic Prophecy

• Appendix: God's Covenant with Adam

ISBN: 9782905464620