1 When God began to create heaven and earth—2 the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—3 God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Jewlish Publication Society Translation. 1985.
Dr. Michael Heiser gives an intriguing talk about this JPS translation of verses 1-3 in the video below. I’ve been considering it for some years, and will continue working on it for as long as I’m alive, I suppose. (And there is controversy about this—as there is about nearly everything.)
I have copied the passage here because it comes up so often that I needed a ready place from which to retrieve it. In case the video doesn’t render below, you can see it at YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEzuGvDjU0
