In the Beginning

In the Beginning may refer to:

* "In the beginning", a phrase that opens the King James Version of Genesis [The first verse of "Genesis" is difficult to translate because it begins with the indefinite rather than definite article. Other notable translations include "When God set about the Create the heaven and the earth - the world being then a formless waste, with darkness over the seas and only an awesome wind sweeping over the water, God said, "Let there by light.' And there was light." (E.A. Speiser, "Tha Anchor Bible: Genesis" New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell.) "When God began to create heaven and earth, and the earth then was welter and waste and darkness over and God's breath hovering over the waters, God said, 'Let there be light.' and there was light" (Robert Alter, 2004, "The Five Books of Moses", New York: W.W. Norton & Company page 17.), "At the beginning of God's creating of the heavens and the earth, when the earth was wild and waste, darkness over the face of Ocean, rushing-spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters - God said: Let there be light! And there was light (Everett Fox, 1983, "The Schocken Bible, Volume I: The Five Books of Moses" pages 11-13) and "When God began to create the heaven and the earth - the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water - God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light." (W. Gunther Plaut, ed., 1981 "The Torah: A Modern Commentary". New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, page 18)] and the Gospel of John.
* "In the Beginning", the opening mission of

Music

Albums

* "In the Beginning" (AC/DC album)
* "In the Beginning" (Angel album)
* "In the Beginning" (Blazin' Squad album)
* "In the Beginning" (Circa 1960), an album by The Beatles with Tony Sheridan
* "In the Beginning" (Isaac Hayes album)
* "In the Beginning" (Nile album)
* "In the Beginning" (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)
* "In the Beginning - The 1981 Singles", an EP by Play Dead
* "In the Beginning" (Hawkwind album), a compilation of recordings by Hawkwind also released on "The Text of Festival"
* "In the Beginning" (Journey album), by Journey
* "In the Beginning" (Bob Marley & the Wailers album), by Bob Marley & the Wailers
* "In the Beginning" (Townes Van Zandt album), by Townes Van Zandt
* "In The Beginning", the European version of an unauthorized album by Madonna released in the US as "Pre-Madonna"

ongs

* "In the Beginning" (1954 song), a popular song recorded by Frankie Laine
* "In the Beginning", a song by The Moody Blues from their album "On the Threshold of a Dream"
* "In the Beginning", a song by Mötley Crüe from their album "Shout at the Devil"
* "Genesis (In the Beginning)", a song by Don McLean from his album "Chain Lightning"
* "In the Beginning", a song by The Stills from their album "Without Feathers"

Videos

* "In the Beginning" (Stryper), a 1988 home video by Stryper

Television

* "", a "Babylon 5" TV movie
* "In the Beginning" (film), a 2000 made-for-television film starring Martin Landau
* "In the Beginning" (TV series), a 1978 American sitcom starring McLean Stevenson
* , the English title of "Tezuka Osamu no Kyuyaku Seisho Monogatari" ("Osamu Tezuka's Old Testament Stories"), an anime TV series created by Osamu Tezuka, based on The Bible

Theatre

* "", the first play in George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah"
* "In the Beginning" (musical), a musical play by Maury Yeston

Literature

* "In the Beginning...was the Command Line", a long essay by Neal Stephenson
* "In the Beginning" (Chaim Potok novel), a novel by Chaim Potok
* "In the Beginning", a Punisher comic in the Marvel MAX series

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