PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- We should first not that the Hebrew is ambiguous. The opening line could as well be translated "When in the beginning..." There is no presupposition of creation ex nihilo, out of nothing.
- The primordial monster is preserved as the deep, Tehom.
- The notion of the Spirit of God moving over the waters has definite sexual connotations.
- Water, as that out of which everything else is generated, is obviously a widespread theme.