What were The two versions of the creation of man?

Answer 1

Given the number of religions in the world, both past and present, there are not just two, but many versions of the creation of man. However, there are two versions in the Book of Genesis.

The first version (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) is generally attributed to an anonymous source now known as the Priestly Source, writing during or shortly after the Babylonian Exile. In this account, God simply speaks the first people into existence, in his own image. Man is given dominion over the world.

A much older, and more popular version begins in Genesis 2:4b. In this account, attributed to a source now known as the Yahwist, God can not make living things out of nothing, so makes the first man out of moist dirt and breathes life into his nostrils. After making animals in the same way, God creates the first woman out of a rib that God takes from the man. These first people are known biblically as Adam and Eve. They are not made in God's image, but become god-like after eating the forbidden fruit: (Genesis 3:22) "now the man is become like one of us."

Answer 2

In the Christian tradition, there are two accounts of the creation of man in The Bible. The first account is in Genesis 1:26-27, which states that man was created in the image of God on the sixth day of creation. The second account is in Genesis 2:7, which describes God forming man from the dust of the ground and breathing life into his nostrils.

Answer 3

(See also: Were we created?)

It is claimed that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2-3 are two separate versions of Creation.

However, the Torah states that it was written in its entirety by one author, Moses (Deuteronomy 31:24), to whom it was dictated by God (Exodus 24:12), including earlier events.
The Torah actually has just one creation-narrative, which takes the form of a summary (Genesis ch.1) followed by an in-depth recap (Rashi commentary, Genesis 2:8).
When we see a newspaper whose opening headline is paraphrased in the detailed story, we don't ascribe the repetition to different writers.

But this kind of literary device, which the Torah employs to enrich its text, has been used by Bible-critics in an attempt to reassign and divide up its authorship.

The Jewish sages, based on ancient tradition, identified many of the literary devices used by the Torah, which include:

- recapping earlier brief passages to elucidate,

- employing different names of God to signify His various attributes,

- using apparent changes or redundancies to allude to additional unstated details,

- speaking in the vernacular that was current during each era,

and many more. While Judaism has always seen the Torah as an intricate tapestry that nonetheless had one Divine source, some modern authors such as Wellhausen (the father of modern Biblical-criticism, 1844-1918) have suggested artificially attributing the narrative to several unknown authors, despite the Torah's explicit statement as to its provenance (Exodus 24:12, Deuteronomy 31:24). This need not concern believers, since his claims have been debunked one by one, as archaeology and other disciplines have demonstrated the integrity of the Torah. No fragments have ever been found that would support his Documentary Hypothesis, which remains nothing more than an arbitrary claim:

Refuting the JEPD Documentary Hypothesis

The creation-narrative in Genesis (a Christian author)

The authorship of the Hebrew Bible

Answer 4

The story where God creates man and the story of the sin with the fruit.