Question

Write a statement express truths about ourselves, other people, our world and God based on the book of Genesis.

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Answer 1

Answer:

The story of creation in Genesis 1 declares that human beings were made in the image of God. However, in keeping with both Hebrew narrative in general and with the priestly creation narrative in particular, the Genesis text is lacking in any detailed explanation of what this statement means.

In what follows I would like to suggest an interpretation of the passage that accommodates both the semantic range of the key terms and the sense that the statement is meant to be theologically significant. More specifically, I would like to propose that the linguistic and cultural background of the words  and supports a reading of Gen. 1:26–7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage. As such it is intended to evoke the responsibilities of child to parent and of parent to child in the minds of its readers.1

This metaphor, in which God is portrayed in parental terms and human beings are depicted as God’s children, appears in a number of other texts in chronological proximity to the priestly writer, frequently with particular reference to the creative role of God in the relationship.2 In using this metaphor, therefore, the priestly writer was describing the divine–human relationship in a manner consistent with the theological outlook of his contemporaries.

Before discussing the specific arguments in favour of this proposal, however, a brief review of the history of interpretation of the Genesis text will be worthwhile, and in particular a look at the contemporary stalemate on the subject.