In the Beginning

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In the Beginning is a phrase used in many contexts.

• It is the phrase that opens two books of the Bible: Genesis and the Gospel of John.
• As the title of music albums:
  • In The Beginning (Circa 1960) is an album by The Beatles with Tony Sheridan
  • In the Beginning is an album by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
  • In the Beginning is an album by Townes Van Zandt
  • In the Beginning is an album by Isaac Hayes
  • In the Beginning is an EP released by Nile in 2000
  • In the Beginning is a bootleg AC/DC album released in 2006
• As the title of 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)
  • a song by Don McLean, also called Genesis
• In other arts and entertainment:
  • a Babylon 5 TV movie; see Babylon 5: In the Beginning
  • 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
  • a musical play by Maury Yeston; see In the Beginning (play)
  • the title of Chaim Potok's book; see In the Beginning (book)