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Title: Creation and Its Records
Author: B.H. Baden-Powell
Release Date: July 8, 2004 [EBook #12852]
Language: English
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_CREATION AND ITS RECORDS_.
[Greek: Pistei nooumen kataertisthai tous aionas rhêmati theou eis to mi ek fainomenon to Blepomenon gegonenai.]--HEB. xi. 3.
CREATION AND ITS RECORDS.
A brief statement of Christian Belief with reference to Modern facts and Ancient Scripture.
BY
B.H. BADEN-POWELL, C.I.E., F.R.S.E.
CONTENTS
* * * * *
_PART I._
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II.
THE ELEMENT OF _FAITH_ IN CREATION
CHAPTER III.
THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION STATED
CHAPTER IV.
CREATIVE DESIGN IN INORGANIC MATTER
CHAPTER V.
THE CREATION OF LIVING MATTER
CHAPTER VI.
THE MARKS OF CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC FORMS
CHAPTER VII.
THE DESCENT OF MAN
CHAPTER VIII.
FURTHER DIFFICULTIES REGARDING THE HISTORY OF MAN
CHAPTER IX.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
_PART II._
CHAPTER X.
THE GENESIS NARRATIVE--ITS IMPORTANCE
CHAPTER XI.
SCRIPTURE METHODS OF REVELATION
CHAPTER XII.
METHODS OF INTERPRETING THE NARRATIVE--ASSUMPTIONS OF MEANING TO CERTAIN TERMS
CHAPTER XIII.
THE GENESIS NARRATIVE CONSIDERED GENERALLY (i.) THE FIRST PART OF THE NARRATIVE (ii.) THE SECOND PART
CHAPTER XIV.
THE INTERPRETATION SUPPORTED BY OTHER SCRIPTURES
CHAPTER XV.
AND SUPPORTED BY THE CONTEXT
CHAPTER XVI.
THE DETAILS OF THE CREATION NARRATIVE
_APPENDIX._
PROFESSOR DELITZSCH ON THE GARDEN OF EDEN