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What is "being"? The fact is that "being" is a philosophical concept. We, for example, were taught that being determines consciousness. But what does the Bible understand by the concept of "being"?

The Russian philosophical and theological term "being" is a translation of a concept originating in ancient Latin and Greek philosophy. Its precise meaning is "existence". The Bible, however, uses this word in a twofold manner. Within the text, the word "being" translates the corresponding concept; whereas the title of the first book—the "Book of Genesis"— is accurately translated as "Origin", and is not a Russian, but a Slavonic translation of the corresponding Hebrew term.

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