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Genesis, Part 1: Covenant Relationship Initiated
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Lesson OneCreation of the World (Gen 1-2)23 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 1-2
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In | Workbook: Creation
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In | Interpretation Stops
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In | Repetition
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In | Literary Structures
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In | The Structure of the Six Days of Creation
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Behind | Creation Myths
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Behind | Workbook: How Do We Make Sense of Extra-biblical Parallels?
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Behind | Extra-biblical Parallels
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Behind | Creation Parallels
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Behind | Workbook: The Purpose of Creation Stories
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Behind | Kings, Temples, Rest
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Behind | Onsite: Heaven and Earth - Philae Temple, Upper Egypt
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In Front | Religious vs Scientific
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In Front | His Reign Your Rest
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In Front | Christianity Today: The Search for the Historical Adam
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In Front | Christianity Today: Why Conservation is a Gospel Issue
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In Front | The Missing Chapters: Andy Crouch
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: The Wright Stuff
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: Garbage Island
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In Front | Table Talk: Faith and Science
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoRoyal Image Bearers (Gen 1-2)16 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 1-2
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In | Workbook: Genesis 2
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In | Image of God: Royal, Priestly, Familial
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In | Workbook: Image of God
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Behind | Royal Ideology in the Ancient Near East
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Behind | Sumerian King List
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Behind | Bearing the Image of God
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Behind | Mesopotamian and Egyptian Parallels
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Behind | Workbook: Similarities between the Bible and Other Traditions
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In Front | Imago Dei: Dr. Francis Beckwith
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In Front | Image Ethics
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In Front | Christ the Image of God
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In Front | Typology
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In Front | Bible Project: Image of God
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeRebellion and Consequences (Gen 3-5)14 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 3-5
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In | Workbook: Genesis 3-5
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In | The Rebellion in Eden
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In | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises and Foreshadow
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In | Workbook: Two Family Lines
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Behind | Serpents in Ancient Mythology
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Behind | Snake Symbolism in the Ancient Near East
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Behind | Onsite: Crushing the Head of the Chaos Serpent - Steve Wunderink
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In Front | Evil in the World
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In Front | Christianity Today: How Neuroscience—and the Bible—Explain Shame
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In Front | Christianity Today: We’re So Unashamed We Wrote a Book on It. Three of Them, Actually.
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: Shopping with Liam
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourFlood and New Creation (Gen 6-9)14 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 6-9
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In | Workbook: Genesis 6–10
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In | The Flood
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In | Reading Chunks
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In | Covenant
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In | Thematic Patterns
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Behind | Museum of the Bible: The Flood Story in 3D
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Behind | Ancient Near East Flood Accounts
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Behind | The Rain “Bow”
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Behind | Sons of God and Giants
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In Front | The Covenant Cycle
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In Front | Images of the Flood: Lika Tov
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveBabel and the Scattering of Nations (Gen 10-11)13 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 10-11
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In | Workbook: Genesis 11
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In | Lausanne Movement: Why was Building the Tower so Bad
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In | Bible Project: Genesis 1–11
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In | Workbook: The Image of God and the Human “Brand”
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Behind | Regal-Ritual Cities
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Behind | Museum of the Bible: Ziggurat of Ur Kasdim
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Behind | The Sumerian Epic of Enmerkar
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In Front | Workbook: From Genesis to Revelation
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In Front | The Drama of Rebellion and Redemption
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In Front | Reading Canonically
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
Lesson 5, Activity 4
In | Lausanne Movement: Why was Building the Tower so Bad
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Even with its parallels to the story of the fall of humanity in Genesis 3, the story of Babel can be difficult to understand. In this video, Anne Zaki of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo asks, “Why Was Building the Tower So Bad, Anyway?”
For more resources, or to view the full video of Anne Zaki, visit https://www.lausanne.org/content/anne-zaki-turning-idolatry
Used with permission from the Lausanne Movement. Originally filmed at the 2016 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Jakarta, Indonesia.