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Genesis 1-11: Q + R

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The Genesis Serpent and the Egyptian Enslavement

Andrew Keen: Is there any connection between the biblical writers using the serpent and what was going on in the ancient Near Eastern context. Do you think that the Genesis serpent could have evoked the memory of Pharaoh and the Egyptian enslavement? Keen: It's a very, the point is it's a very rich image that would have had lots of connection to Egyptian and Canaanite as the bad guy representing spiritual evil and chaos.

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