. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Insects. BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Vol. XII April, 1917 No. i STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. By R. p. Dow, Brooklyn, N. Y. I. The Vengeful Brood of Lilith and Samael. There are certain discrepancies in Genesis, more apparent than real, which have puzzled commentators in all ages, and of which early explanations differ radically from present ones adopted since it has become generally understood that Genesis is a com- pilation of earlier narratives, notably the Elohistic and Jahvistic. Dr. Briggs, of the Union Theological Semi
. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Insects. BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Vol. XII April, 1917 No. i STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. By R. p. Dow, Brooklyn, N. Y. I. The Vengeful Brood of Lilith and Samael. There are certain discrepancies in Genesis, more apparent than real, which have puzzled commentators in all ages, and of which early explanations differ radically from present ones adopted since it has become generally understood that Genesis is a com- pilation of earlier narratives, notably the Elohistic and Jahvistic. Dr. Briggs, of the Union Theological Seminary, has pointed out, too, that the form of Genesis is wholly poetical. This leads to a reasonable inference that if the text be regarded as dipping into allegory, one may arrive much more nearly at the truth. A stumbling block which has puzzled almost every child at Sunday School, as well as adults, is that Adam, the first man, and Eve, the first woman, had two children grown to maturity and both these sons had no difficulty whatever in finding human wives. Whom and whence? In the efforts to explain one en- counters an earlier apparent discrepancy. In Genesis i it is stated that after the earth, sea and sky had been separated, after the stars were set, after grass and herbs were grown, after whales, fowl, cattle and creeping things, " God created man in his own image—male and female created he them. God said unto them, be fruitful and ;* After this a Garden of Eden was created. Trees grew up to fruitfulness, "pleasant to the sight and good for ; In ordinary nature this process would take * In this and all other quotations the King James version is used, unless otherwise Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brooklyn Entomological Society. Brooklyn, N.
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