LWLLiving Word Lessons

Living Word Lessons

Sources & Study Standards

Our standard

We are building this for Bible-believing Christians, but that does not give us permission to be sloppy. If we say archaeology supports something, we need to explain how. If something is debated, we should say it is debated. If something is tradition, we should call it tradition.

Simple rule: We will not exaggerate evidence to defend the Bible. The truth does not need exaggeration.

Genesis 1–5 working bibliography

  1. Scripture quotations and references are based on Genesis and related biblical passages. Public-domain Scripture wording may be drawn from the King James Version.
  2. Brown, Francis; Driver, S. R.; Briggs, Charles A. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon, 1907.
  3. Wenham, Gordon J. Genesis 1–15. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco: Word Books, 1987.
  4. Hamilton, Victor P. The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1–17. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
  5. Walton, John H. Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.
  6. Hallo, William W., and K. Lawson Younger Jr., eds. The Context of Scripture. Leiden: Brill, 1997–2002.
  7. Answers in Genesis, Institute for Creation Research, and related young-earth creation resources are consulted where the lesson discusses creationist interpretations. Their conclusions are stated as their conclusions, not exaggerated beyond what they argue.