Jeremiah

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1:5Literal and Figurative Creation in the Bible
3:2-3Theistic Meteorology (analogous to Theistic Evolution)
4:23-24tohu and bohu; theophanic imagery
5:22The Primal Sea
5:24Theistic Meteorology
10:9 — beaten silver plates — Hebrew רָקַע (raqa) cognate with "raqia" (The Firmament).
10:10-12 — a Creation Record and curse on Mesopotamian gods that have not made the heavens and earth
10:12Unfurling the Heavens
11:20The Language of the Bible with Reference to Natural Things
14:22Theistic Meteorology
17:9The Heart can be "deceitful" — in Biblical thought it is where tricky thinking occurs
18:1-6The Metaphor of God as Potter — Israel as clay in the potter's hand
23:16-22 — possible echo of Divine Council
24:2 — meaning of "very good"
24:7 — "knowing" in The Heart in Bible language
27:1Bereshith in construct form - Rashi on Genesis 1:1
28:1Bereshith in construct form - cited to counter Rashi's understanding of Genesis 1:1
31:11nephesh
31:29-30 — collective and individual responsibility
31:35 — a Creation Record. Relevant to objections to evolution based on Thermodynamics.
31:37Heliocentrism in the Bible
33:25Merism
51:15 — the sky stretched out as a tent
51:34,44 — a Creation Record — the Tannin