Het Bijbelse scheppingsverhaal en de natuurwetenschap

Het Bijbelse scheppingsverhaal en de natuurwetenschap

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The following article, by A.A.Manten of the Netherlands, was published in KOERS in March and April 1959 (Volume XXVI, numbers 9 & 10) as part of a centenary debate on evolution and Darwinism.

He deals with the fact that the Bible does not have the intention of teaching scientific fact - and this leads him to the point that Interpretation is of paramount importance.In the course of the article he refers to the controversies surrounding the umpqua u series hooks interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2.(In this respect we refer the reader to bible flask a further article published in the course of this debate in KOERS (Volume XXIX, nos.

7 and 8, Jan-Feb 1962) in which Prof.S.du Toit, in a long and closely documented article deals with the Issue of "Progressive Creation - an attempt at a new approach towards the problem Creation-Evolution".

This article was written by the author to commemorate his silver Jubilee as a professor at the Theological School of the Reformed Church, and was seen, in 1962, as a momentous contribution to the discussion surrounding the issue of evolution and creation.).