Book of Genesis
The first book of the Bible, containing foundational stories like Adam and Eve and Jacob and Rachel, attributed to the literary genius of the Yahwist.
Videos Mentioning Book of Genesis
Animal Minds & Moral Truths: A Conversation with Peter Singer (Episode #342)
Sam Harris
Mentioned as a source of religious justification for human dominion over animals, which Singer critiques as a basis for speciesism.
Civilization #22: The Literary Genesis of the Yahwist
Predictive History
The first book of the Bible, containing foundational stories like Adam and Eve and Jacob and Rachel, attributed to the literary genius of the Yahwist.
Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101
Lex Fridman
Interpreted by Joscha Bach not as creation of a physical universe, but as childhood memories or cognitive development of a God-like mind making sense of the world.
Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #117
Lex Fridman
The biblical story of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, interpreted as an allegory for the origin of human consciousness and awareness of death.