"Genesis 1 is Part of the Priestly Document"

There is a broad consensus among scholars that the creation story in Genesis 1 is part of the Priestly text, the last and least trustworthy of the four sources of the Pentateuch. Therefore, the credibility of Genesis 1, and indeed its very place in the Bible, is tied to the credibility of the Priestly text. Their fate is bound together. If one is rejected, the other must also be rejected. Every wound inflicted upon the Priestly text is a wound inflicted upon Genesis 1, and every wound inflicted upon Genesis 1 is a wound inflicted upon creationism and its mutant clone "Intelligent Design." We may assert this because Genesis 1 is part of the Priestly text. The scholars testify to this as follows (emphasis added):

Hyers – "If the seven day account was written in the context of the dark period of the exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem and the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia, as most scholars concur, any points of correspondence with Babylonian cosmology take on additional meaning and power… the construction of the text as we have it strongly suggests that it is from priestly hands of the exilic period (500's BC). It is therefore referred to as the Priestly account, reflecting a priestly style and content."[1]

Wellhausen – "The Bible begins with the account of the Priestly Code of the creation of the world."[2]

Campbell and O’Brien – "It is thought that P (P is short for Priestly text) was composed around the time of Israel’s exile: either in the years immediately before, when the exile was threateningly immanent; in the time of the exile itself; or shortly after the end of the exile… in this creation account, P presents a stately and ordered view of creation…"[3]

Friedman – "The famous opening of P’s story in the first chapter of the Bible is: 'In the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth, the earth was unformed and void…'"[4]

Smith – "A Priestly text, Genesis 1 shows a modification of old mythic material known from Israel and the rest of the ancient Near East. This creation story combines two different visions of the cosmos: the first and older view where the cosmos is the stage where divine wills engage in conflict; and the second and largely priestly notion that the cosmos is a holy place analogous to a sanctuary."[5]

Thus scholars agree that Genesis 1 is part of the Priestly text, and most agree that it was written about the time of the Babylonian exile, (although Friedman asserted a date circa 700 BCE[6]). The exile occurred in the 500's BCE. This is the time when Genesis 1 came of age. In Biblical terms, the 500's BCE is rather late, for it came after Moses and most of the Prophets.

Return to this section's landing page: Genesis 1 is a forgery.

The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by many ancient Christian texts. Instead of an Almighty Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the universe was born from blind arrogance and stupidity. The angels caused evolution to occur from species to species. There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the Christian God is just one among them. Satan the Devil writes scripture, and thus the Bible was polluted with Genesis 1. Archaeology and modern scholarship demonstrate that Genesis is indeed corrupted. Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve. Esoteric prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal the dark forces that govern the cosmos. Such are the ancient Christian writings.

Science vindicates the truth of these ideas. Evolution often happens too fast for Darwin’s theory. Gaps in the fossil record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts together with natural selection. Astrobiology reveals that intelligent life probably evolved long before us. The fossil record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species. Evidently, aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the world’s religions.

This is not fiction. All these facts are thoroughly documented in the links above.

[1] Hyers, Conrad. The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science. 1984, John Knox Press, Atlanta, GA, p 51

[2] Wellhausen, Julius. Translated by Sutherland, J Black; Menzies, Allan. Prolegomena to the History of Israel 8.1.1, Kessinger Publishing, p 204

[3] Campbell, Antony F; O’Brien, Mark A. Sources of the Pentateuch: Texts, Introductions, Annotations. 1993, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN, p 22

[4] Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? 1997, HarperCollins Publishers, San Francisco, CA, p 167

[5] Smith, Mark S. The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. 2001, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, p 167-168

[6] Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? 1997, HarperCollins Publishers, San Francisco, CA, p 210


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		Genesis 1 is Part of the Priestly Document There is a broad consensus among scholars that the creation story in Genesis 1 is part of the Priestly text, the last and least trustworthy of the four sources of the Pentateuch. Therefore, the credibility of Genesis 1, and indeed its very place in the Bible, is tied to the credibility of the Priestly text. Their fate is bound together. If one is rejected, the other must also be rejected. Every wound inflicted upon the Priestly text is a wound inflicted upon Genesis 1, and every wound inflicted upon Genesis 1 is a wound inflicted upon creationism and its mutant clone "Intelligent Design." We may assert this because Genesis 1 is part of the Priestly text. The scholars testify to this as follows (emphasis added): Hyers – "If the seven day account was written in the context of the dark period of the exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem and the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia, as most scholars concur, any points of correspondence with Babylonian cosmology take on additional meaning and power… the construction of the text as we have it strongly suggests that it is from priestly hands of the exilic period (500's BC). It is therefore referred to as the Priestly account, reflecting a priestly style and content."[1] *Wellhausen – "The Bible begins with the account of the Priestly Code of the creation of the world."*[2] Campbell and O’Brien – "It is thought that P (P is short for Priestly text) was composed around the time of Israel’s exile: either in the years immediately before, when the exile was threateningly immanent; in the time of the exile itself; or shortly after the end of the exile… in this creation account, P presents a stately and ordered view of creation…"[3] *Friedman – "The famous opening of P’s story in the first chapter of the Bible is: 'In the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth, the earth was unformed and void…'"*[4] Smith – "A Priestly text, Genesis 1 shows a modification of old mythic material known from Israel and the rest of the ancient Near East. This creation story combines two different visions of the cosmos: the first and older view where the cosmos is the stage where divine wills engage in conflict; and the second and largely priestly notion that the cosmos is a holy place analogous to a sanctuary."[5] Thus scholars agree that Genesis 1 is part of the Priestly text, and most agree that it was written about the time of the Babylonian exile, (although Friedman asserted a date circa 700 BCE[6]). The exile occurred in the 500's BCE. This is the time when Genesis 1 came of age. In Biblical terms, the 500's BCE is rather late, for it came after Moses and most of the Prophets. Return to this section's landing page: Genesis 1 is a forgery. The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by many ancient Christian texts. Instead of an Almighty Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the universe was born from blind arrogance and stupidity. The angels caused evolution to occur from species to species. There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the Christian God is just one among them. Satan the Devil writes scripture, and thus the Bible was polluted with Genesis 1. Archaeology and modern scholarship demonstrate that Genesis is indeed corrupted. Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve. Esoteric prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal the dark forces that govern the cosmos. Such are the ancient Christian writings. Science vindicates the truth of these ideas. Evolution often happens too fast for Darwin’s theory. Gaps in the fossil record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts together with natural selection. Astrobiology reveals that intelligent life probably evolved long before us. The fossil record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species. Evidently, aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the world’s religions. This is not fiction. All these facts are thoroughly documented in the links above. [1] Hyers, Conrad. The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science. 1984, John Knox Press, Atlanta, GA, p 51 [2] Wellhausen, Julius. Translated by Sutherland, J Black; Menzies, Allan. Prolegomena to the History of Israel 8.1.1, Kessinger Publishing, p 204 [3] Campbell, Antony F; O’Brien, Mark A. Sources of the Pentateuch: Texts, Introductions, Annotations. 1993, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN, p 22 [4] Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? 1997, HarperCollins Publishers, San Francisco, CA, p 167 [5] Smith, Mark S. The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. 2001, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, p 167-168 [6] Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? 1997, HarperCollins Publishers, San Francisco, CA, p 210









							Ancient lore says the Jerusalem temple (above) was built with the help of demons. The Genesis Creation Story was written by heretic priests of that temple.


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Above: Marduk, the hero of Enuma Elish, the pagan myth from which Genesis 1 is derived. Below: Map of Israel and where different parts of the Bible came from.