{"product_id":"the-creation-in-image-and-word","title":"The Creation in Image and Word","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003ePrior to The Creation found in Genesis there was only God. We are alerted to this with the first verse of Genesis when God begins The Creation. Why God had a need and desire to create the world is within God’s absolute existence. It is a question which cannot be answered by humanity. We can only begin to grasp the meaning of The Creation through a critical evaluation of God’s Creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003eTo begin to understand God’s Plan we must delve closely into what is available to us. I start with the Biblical Hebrew God used to interact with humanity. Each word in these early Genesis chapters is a gift to be understood in its fullest. This book interprets the original Hebrew using various techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003eAs I discuss the translations of the Hebrew I occasionally will look at how a word is used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. Occasionally the meaning differs from verse to verse making the word’s exact meaning more difficult to grasp. This duality of understanding allows for alternative interpretations of the same text. Religious thinkers used this variety of context to interpret new possibilities of meaning. Their purpose was not to confuse but to generate and inspire the reader to think in new deeper meanings. I provide in my writings many of these different understandings along with some new ones to prompt the reader to think in new perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003eThis book developed out of a photo exhibition I presented in 2021. I felt my first image, Before the Creation, needed some explanation so I included a short commentary as part of that image. I then felt my other images would be better received if they also included some explanation. When I was asked to display my series a second time I decided to expand my commentary for each image. What had been a short paragraph expanded into chapters. What began as a photo exhibition started an unexpected journey of photojournalism and religious exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003eThe Creation for many is a story one learned as a child. It has been understood by many as a children's fairytale. Travel on a journey as we take an in-depth look behind the words and their meaning for our world today.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eEach chapter of the book includes one of the original color human made images by the artist-writer from the author's 2021 photo exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eBefore The Creation\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eLet There be Light!\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eGod’s Separation of the Water \u0026amp; Dry Land\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eHerbage\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eSun, Moon and Stars - Lights of Time\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDay of Living Creatures\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eHumanKind - God Created Them\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Shabbat\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #5e6e82; color: #5e6e82; font-family: \" open sans blinkmacsystemfont ui roboto neue arial sans-serif color emoji symbol font-size:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookVAULT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - Cloth","offer_id":66997053554992,"sku":"9781807385231","price":26.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-creation-in-image-and-word","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}