How Does God Create?
Conditions at the Very Beginning
Creation from Nothing
Can We Create Energy?
God Works to Create Energy
The Work Needed to Create the Universe
Denial of Creation
The Simplest Explanation
Creation in a Singularity
Investigating the Instant of Creation
The First Light Has Fluctuations
The Next Three Days
The Duration of a Usual Day
Structure in the Genesis Narrative
Examples of Parallelism
Parallel Structure in the Creation Story
Day Four
Verb Tenses and Sequences
Creating, Forming, and Making
Not All Stars Formed on the Fourth Day
Against Idolatry and Astrology
When the Stars and Sun Started to Shine
Signs and Animals
Signs and People
The Origin of the Universe