Willis

Question 0

Willis on names

Answer 0

The one who names another has the power to ascribe purpose to the named. God names man, man names woman and animals, parent names child, God names nature (polemic against nature cults?)

Question 1

Chart

Answer 1

Tohu/Bohu
Habitats: light, sky/water, land
Inhabitants: light bearers, birds/fish, creatures
Conclusion=rest

Question 2

Create mankind in Our image

Answer 2

Could be godhead, could be SV agreement

Willis says God + council

Question 3

What is “image” of God

Answer 3

That which separates us from animals, Willis says

Question 4

Genealogies unbroken?

Answer 4

Son may mean descendant, as in Ezra 8 and 1 Chronicles 26. Author never claims literal accuracy

Question 5

Enûma Eliš and Genesis 1-2

Answer 5

Mesopotamia: gods and matter are coeternal, create firmament, light, man, chaos first

Question 6

Contrasts between EE and Gen

Answer 6

Biblical inspiration is compatible with borrowing from existing traditions and thought patterns.
Lit contrasts: warring gods vs The Omnipotent, man as caretaker of gods vs man dependent on God, myth vs mixed natural and R truth

Question 7

Gen 1-2 not contradictory because

Answer 7

The author, having presented panoramic creation, restated humanity as the most important part. Our reading order does not reflect the original

Question 8

Knowledge of God and evil =

Answer 8

Knowledge to pride to lack of dependence on God. Man couldn’t handle it. Rather than sex, simple shame, moral right/wrong (Adam should know beforehand), godlike knowledge, full mental powers

Question 9

Knowledge good/evil and Willis’ reasoning

Answer 9

Jives with nephilim, babel, and God’s combat of them

Question 10

God delays in creating woman?

Answer 10

God builds (literally) woman for man after Adam finds no helper within animals. Exalts woman