Who Wrote the Bible? The Timeline
Matt Baker of Useful Charts lays out the timeline for the production of the Jewish Bible.
https://www.shmus-views-torah-observant-judaism.com/post/who-wrote-the-bible-the-timeline
Elderly Holocaust survivor prays over his IDF soldier grandson before the goes off to war: Shalom Aleichem
Among Biblical scholars and those just really curious about ancient texts such as the Torah and Tanakh, the foundation of Jewish thought and theology, have pondered, studied and debated for millennia what appears to be a discrepancy, or at least a contradiction between verse one and verse two of the very first book of the Hebrew Bible commonly known as Genesis (Bereshit in Hebrew).
This gap between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2, as stated, has been the subject of much theological discussion and speculation. The text reads:
•Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth.”
•Genesis 1:2: “Now the earth was (became) formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Ruach of the Elohim was hovering over the waters.”
The Gap Theory:
One prominent interpretation is the Gap Theory, which proposes that a significant event occurred between these two verses. According to this view, Genesis 1:1 describes the initial, perfect creation of the heavens and ...
