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Well, parts of Howard Jacobson's programme on the Genesis Creation Narrative certainly were. But the theory that the story is post-Exilic is, I am afraid, absurd. Of course there were idols in Ancient Israel. Just read the Old Testament, how the prophets rail against such things.

The creationist preacher interviewed did, in his way, challenge the scientific side to shape up its act when addressing the mass audience. There is far too much dependence on "the fossil record", which of course in itself proves nothing at all, just as the discovery of figurines in Israelite houses proves nothing at all, in itself.

He was also right that faith in the Biblical Revelation means faith in the salvific significance of events that are in themselves absolutely historical, and also that the Bible makes no attempt to prove the existence of God. But in suggesting that Natural Theology was somehow blasphemous, he sounded like Karl Barth. I doubt that he would welcome the comparison.

And I was most surprised that, until a conversation with his ultra-Orthodox relatives during this film, Jacobson had never encountered the concept of human beings as co-creators with God.