In the Beginning

In the Beginning is a phrase that is used in many contexts. It is:

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• the phrase that opens two books of the Bible: Genesis and the Gospel of John.
• the beginning of a lengthy essay by Neal Stephenson entitled In the Beginning...was the Command Line.
• the first play in George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah; see .
• a musical play by Maury Yeston; see In the Beginning (play).
• a Babylon 5 tv movie; see .
• The title of Chaim Potok's book; see In the Beginning (book)
• The title of several songs:
• a song recorded by Frankie Laine in 1954; see In the Beginning (1954 song)
• a song recorded by The Moody Blues in 1968; see In the Beginning (1968 song)