Gap Creationism

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religion
mythology
gptkbp:adherentsBelieve Earth is old
Literal six-day creation after the gap
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Gap Theory
gptkbp:associatedWith Christian fundamentalism
gptkbp:category gptkb:Biblical_literalism
Interpretations of Genesis
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Young_Earth_Creationism
Day-Age Creationism
Theistic Evolution
gptkbp:criticizedFor Mainstream science
Some Christian theologians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gap Creationism
gptkbp:interpretedBy Genesis 1:1 as original creation
Genesis 1:2 as a re-creation after a cataclysm
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Thomas_Chalmers
19th century
gptkbp:proposedBy A temporal gap between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Scofield_Reference_Bible
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:mythology
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5