Joseph Smith, Genesis, Moses and Abraham creation accounts

#GENESIS #josephsmith #bookofmoses #adamandeve #creation #bible #bookofabraham In this episode, a listener and active believing member comes on to discuss the Genesis creation accounts, the differences in the accounts, what Biblical scholarship says about these texts and the similarities and cultural connections to other ancient near eastern and Babylonian creation myths. We also discuss Joseph's interaction with the Genesis creation accounts in the Book of Moses and Abraham. We discuss the historicity of these texts, whether there was a historical Adam and Eve, are the creation accounts intended to be scientific history and are Joseph's book of Moses and Abraham direct translation of ancient documents or is Joseph involved in the revelation and productions of these texts. Timecodes 00:00 Intro and Jon's background 06:33 Creation and revelation 07:49 Myth and Mythology 10:56 Reading and understanding ancient scripture and its context 14:02 Ancient Israelite cosmology 20:16 Genesis 1 and 2 as two separate creation accounts 36:15 Contradictions between the two creation accounts 47:44 Similar creation myths and cultural parallels 56:54 Is the epic of Gilgamesh a corrupted version of an ancient orginal creation story? 57:37 7 days of creation and Enuma Elish 1:07:08 Other creation accounts in the Bible 1:10:00 Key takeaways from these creation accounts 1:12:53 The Book of Moses and spiritual creation 1:20:13 The Book of Abraham creation change 1:29:13 Abraham and Joshua Seixus influnce 1:35:13 Was Joseph revising and engaging with the text vs restoring an ancient text? 1:41:36 The human element in scripture and revelation 1:43:28 Is it a ancient text he's translating or ancient concepts and inspiration he's channeling? 1:46:13 The critical and naturalisitc view of Joseph's engagement with the Genesis accounts 1:48:32 What about a historical Adam and Eve and garden of Eden? 1:52:30 Final thoughts and key takeaways