genes i ology

[Gr. genesis origin, source, and logos a discourse.] The science or doctrines of generation. ģěně-sis, s . [Gr. genesis origin, source, birth, production, generation, creation, ., from the ob solete root of geno , superseded by gennao =to beget, to engender, causal of gignomai = to come into being, to be born, to be produced.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of begetting, producing, or giving origin to; imagination; origin, source, beginning. "The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club."Carlyle: Life of Sterling. 2. An explanation of the origin or source of any thing. 3. Production. "If the blood becomes choked with inert matter, there nece arily results a decreased genesis of motion."- Her bert Spencer: Psychol. (2d ed.), i. 5. 4. In the same sense as II. 2. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; II. Technically : genet 1. Math .: A term formerly used, meaning the same as generation. In the genesis of figures, the moving magnitude or point is called the describent; the guiding line of the motion is called the dirigent. [GENERATION, II. 1.] 2. Script . Canon : The first book of the Pent a teuch, of the Old Testament, and of the Bible. In the Hebrew original, as well as as in the Septuagint and all modern versions, it occupies this place. It is called in Hebrew bereshith , which is its initial word, correctly translated in the authorized English version, "In the beginning." The opening chapter narrates the creation by God of this earth and all worlds (i. 1-16); ch. ii. 1-3 should have been added to this chapter. Chapters ii. 4-end to xi. 9, are occupied with archaic events in the history of the human race generally. At xi. 10 a genealogy begins, designed to give the pedigree of Abram or Abraham, "the father of the faithful," divinely selected from an idolatrous race and family (Joshua xxiv. 2) to found a race (the chosen Jewish one) who should be the special depositaries and defenders of true religion against other races more or le apostate or unenlightened. The remainder of the book gives the history of Abraham, and those of his immediate descendants who were special heirs of the promises made to him-viz., Isaac, Jacob, and the twelve patriarchs (Heb. xi. 9). Counting only from the creation of Adam to the last event in Genesis (the death of Joseph), the space of time is vast; but as the Hebrew, the Septuagint, and the Samaritan Pentateuchs all differ as to certain numbers, the exact amount cannot be stated. The Jewish and, following it, the early Christian Church almost unanimously pronounced Moses the author of the work, deriving his knowledge of the events prior to his time either from direct revelation or from prior documents consulted under Divine guidance. In A. D. 1753 Astruc, an eminent French medical profe or, attempted to point out two such documents, distinguishable by the fact that in one the Divine Being is called almost always Elohim , while in the other he is named Jehovah . On the revival of this hypothesis in the present century, Hengstenberg and others contended against it, maintaining that in every case there was a reason why the Divine name which we find in the particular verse was chosen. Most critical scholars adhere to the opinion of Astruc, and perpetually speak of the Elohist - i . e . , the writer who habitually calls God Elohim (q.v.)=and the Jehovist, who designates him Jehovah (q.v.). Hupfield and Boehmer a ign the composition of Genesis to five writers: the Elohist, the second Elohist, the Jehovists, and the Later Editor or Compiler. Colenso reduces the five to four, making the second Elohist and the first Jehovist the same person, writing at different periods of his life. The bishop gives the following as probable dates of the several writers in Genesis, who, he thinks, po ibly were the prophets whose names are appended: } Samuel. Nathan. The first Elohist B. C. 1100 to 1060 The second Elohist 1060 to 1010 and first Jehovist The second Jehovist 1035 The Deuteronomist 641 to 624 Jeremiah. Gad. There are many expre ions common to the first Elohist and Ezekiel. Omitting fractions of verses the following are the portions of Genesis attributed to the first Elohist, and they form a continuous narrative: Chapters i. ii. 1-3; v. vi. 9-14, 17-22; vii. 6-9, 11, 13-16, 18, 19, 21-24; viii. 1-5, 13-19; ix. 1-17, 28, 29; xi. 10-26, 31, 32; xii. 4-6, 12; xiii. 6, 12; xvi. 1, 3, 15, 16; xvii. 1-27; xix. 29; xxi. 2-5; xxiii. 1-20; xxv. 7-17, 19-21, 24-26; xxvi. 34, 35; xxviii. 1-9; xxix. 24, 29, 32-34; xxx. 1, 4, 13, 17-24; xxx i. 18; xxxv. 9-16, 19, 20, 22-29; xxxvi. 1-19, 31-40; xxxvii. 1, 2, 28, 36; xlvi. 6-27; xlvii. 7-11, 27, 28; xlviii. xlix. 1, 29. The second Jehovist is believed to have written little but chapter xiv. The Deuteronomist is credited with: Chapters vi. 4; x. 8-12; xv. 1-21; xviii. 18, 19; xxii. 14-18; xxiv. 59, 60; xxvi. 4, 5; xxxv. 8. The rest of the book is attributed to the first Jehovist. The bishop believed the work unhistorical, though in no respect fraudulent. But the immense majority of Christians in this and other countries firmly hold that this old and venerable book was composed by Moses under the guidance of Divine inspiration, and that it is in every part of unimpeachable authority. 3. Biol .: The word is often used as the second element of a compound, as abiogenesis , biogenesis , homogenesis , heterogenesis , xenogenesis , . (q. v.) ģěnět (1), *gen-net, *gen-ette (1).s. [French gennete , from Sp. ginette (1) a horse, (2) a light horseman from the Berber tribe of Zeneta, who supplied the Moorish Sultans of Grenada with a body of horse, on which they placed great reliance. ( Wedgwood .)] A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.