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It is unrealistic to expect to find messages relevant to our modern times, in stories written over two thousand years ago, but it is possible to see what the ancients understood in the two creation accounts.
The first creation account, in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, is believed to have originated in an earlier creation account from Mesopotamia. The pre-existent watery chaos shows that the people who first told this story were very familiar with the immensity of the seas. This was the story of a maritime people, or at least a people who lived close to the sea. As it developed, the first creation account became highly structured, and shows the divine importance of the seven-day week.
The second creation account (beginning in the second sentence of Genesis 2:4) is, in some ways, much more primitive. It is a Semitic story that had already entered the Hebrew lore quite early in the first millennium BCE. There is no mention of an ocean, and the emphasis is on the lack of water. Scholars say that this creation story must have evolved among an inland people - such as the Hebrews themselves, since they inhabited the Palestinian hinterland. In this creation story, the people were less interested in knowing where the stars came from or what makes night and day, but really wanted to understand where people came from and what their own place was in society.
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How many stories in a new testament in a bible?
A:In the Old Testament, there are two creation stories in the Book of Genesis, at Genesis 1:1-2:4a and at Genesis 2:4b-25, plus fragments of a third and much more primitive creation story in Psalms and the Book of Job. There is no creation story in the New Testament.
How is God's creation story different to the Chinese one?
Just as there are two quite different creation stories in Genesis, plus fragments of a third one in the Psalms and Job, so also are there several Chinese creation stories. This is especially true because China is so large and has so many different traditions, including Buddhism, Daoism and folk religions. With so many different stories, both in the Bible and Chinese belief, there is no simple answer to a simple question like this. Since God is a Semitic concept, God's creation stories are naturally different to the Chinese creation stories. Each creation story is true to its believers.
Why are there two creation stories in Genesis?
There are two different creation stories:The first is Genesis 1:1-2:3The second is Genesis 2:4-25It is thought this is due to several different texts being put together to form the present Bible and TorahAnswerScholars now realise that there were three main sources, or authors, for the Book of Genesis. There are two creation stories in Genesis because two different sources, the Yahwist and the Priestly Source each wrote his own story. The Yahwist wrote the second creation story (Genesis 2:4b-20) during the ninth century BCE, based on earlier Judahite traditions. The Priestly Source wrote what is now the first creation story (Genesis 1:!-2:4a) during the sixth-century-BCE Babylonian Exile, based on traditions he found among the Babylonians. It appears the Priestly Source was prevented from removing the earlier tradition or found it too difficult, since the Yahwist creation story more or less continues all the way to Noah. Instead, he simply added his own version at the beginning of Genesis.AnswerThe Yahwist and Priestly sources are not from individual authors, most likely, but from different groups with different schools of thought in very different times (during the kingdom as opposed to exile, as noted in previous answer).Also, these two sources, as well as the Elohist, the other source for Genesis, are woven together with the Deuternomist (D) source throughout the rest of the Pentateuch (Gen -Deut), with D being primarily in, and the primary source for, our book of Deuteronomy,That being said, these sources are very, very often woven together without any real apparent concern for explaining inconsistent detailsHowever, this does not disprove the Bible. My take is that we misread some of the Bible. This part, for instance, is not history of the world spoken word - for - word by God. Rather, ancient writers did not think about history the same way moderns do, with strict concern for preciseness. Rather, they were making theological claims about who God is over and against the claims of competing pagan religions in Canaan and Babylon
Why is the creation story so similar in different religions?
While there are some similarities among all creation stories, the differences between those from one region and a different region are quite remarkable. The closer two creation stories are in geographic origin, the more similarities you will find.Many early Near Eastern creation stories tell of the world and its people coming into existence through battles between the creator god and the chaos monsters. We see fragments of this genre in Psalms and the Book of Job.The second creation story in Genesis (Genesis 2:4b-20) can be typical of some creation stories from inland, arid regions - there is no mention of the ocean, and plants grew because God had yet to make it rain. This story contains moral themes, a frequent theme of some early creation stories.The first creation story in Genesis (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) is very different from the story in chapter 2. Perhaps the most obvious thing in common between these two stories is the absence of chaos monsters in the narrative. The first creation story is much less like a folk story than is the second one, understandable as it was written in the form we know today by the Priestly Source, who was concerned with theology and the role of the priestly class in Jewish society. The differences are considerable, both in sequence and style. The creation story in Genesis chapter 1 is typical of cultures familiar with the oceans and great rivers. In this first story, God has almost unlimited power and causes things to exist merely by speaking them into existence. In the second story, God needs dirt to model and create Adam, then a rib to create Eve - examples of his more limited powers.Both creation stories in Genesis came from earlier creation stories in Mesopotamia, and reflect similarities to the earlier stories. The imagery of the chaos monsters found in Pslams and the Book of Job, although fragmentary, can also be found in earlier creation stories in the Near East.Answer:Because Creation is a worldwide tradition shared by all ancient societies. Because it actually took place.
What is the difference between the story of creation and the Garden of Eden?
There are two distinctly different stories of creation in the Book of Genesis - at Genesis 1:!-2:4a and Genesis 2:4b-25. The Garden of Eden is the main setting for the second creation story.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
In which of the first five books of the Old Testament will you find two creation stories?
The Bible begins with the book of Genesis and it is there that the two Creation stories can be found.
How many creation stories are there in the Hebrew scriptures?
There are two complete and quite different creation stories in Genesis - the first in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, the second in Genesis 2:4b-2:25. There are fragments of a third, now incomplete creation story in Psalms and Job.
Where is the story of creation?
Many peoples have creation-narratives, because it is a universal tradition. The account of the Creation in the Hebrew Bible is in the first passages of Genesis. See also:A summary of the Creation-narrative
How many Books of the Bible contain creation stories?
Genesis contains two quite different creation stories, Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Genesis 2:4b-2:25, although most believers learn to harmonise their content and regard them as somehow the same story. In addition, Psalms and Job contain fragments of a more primitive Hebrew creation story.
What are the main points in the story of creation?
There are two separate stories of creation in the Book of Genesis. The first is at Genesis 1:1-24a (the first sentence of verse 2:4), while the second is at Genesis 2:4b-2:25.The main points of the biblical creation stories were to explain why we are here and where we came from. Although in many ways very different and even contradictory, the two stories have some things in common.God did not create the earth itself - this was pre-existent.God created all living things.God created man.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
How many stories in a new testament in a bible?
A:In the Old Testament, there are two creation stories in the Book of Genesis, at Genesis 1:1-2:4a and at Genesis 2:4b-25, plus fragments of a third and much more primitive creation story in Psalms and the Book of Job. There is no creation story in the New Testament.
How can you compare the creation in Genesis to John 1?
AnswerThe two creation stories in Genesis chapters 1 and two have God alone creating the world. The only exception is in the first creation story, where God said, "Let us make man in our image" (Genesis 1:26), implying that someone else was already present.John 1:1-2 harmonises well with Genesis 1:26, as it says that in the beginning, the Word (Jesus) was with God.
Which chapter in the Bible is the creation in?
There are two creation accounts, in two chapters of Genesis. There are also fragments of a third creation in Psalms and Job. The first creation account is in Genesis chapter 1, continuing to Genesis 2:4a (the first sentence in verse 4).The second creation account is in Genesis chapter 2, beginning at verse 4b.
How are the Book of Job and the Book of Genesis different?
The Books of Genesis tells different stories and are of that reason different. However they do both contain creation material.Genesis contains two complete creation stories, at Genesis 1:1-2:4a and 2:4b-2:20. Some scholars think of Genesis chapter 5 as possibly a third creation story.Job contains fragments of a much more primitive creation story, especially in chapter 38ff, where God querulously asked Job where he was when God created the world and if he is so righteous that he could do any of the things that God had done. Here we see suggestions of how at the time of creation God had to fight the chaos monsters, for example the behemoth and the leviathan. Chaos monsters were once closely associated with many creation stories of the Near East.Jewish answer:The books of Genesis and Job are two different things. Genesis recounts the events of the Creation, the Flood, and the lives of the righteous, from Abraham through Joseph.Job is a poetic prophecy concerning the question of the suffering of the righteous.
Why is woman created with man in Genesis 1 but woman is created out of man in Genesis 2?
The reason for this difference is that there are two quite different creation stories in Genesis, written by two different authors. The first creation story is Genesis 1:1-24a (the first sentence of 2:4) and is believed to have been written by a source now known as the Priestly source. The second is in Genesis 2:4b-2:25 and is believed to have been written by a source now known as the Yahwist source. The creation of man and woman is, of course, not the only difference that scholars note between the two accounts.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
Where in the Bible can you find the creation of Adam and Eve?
The creation of Adam and Eve is to be found in Genesis chapter 2. There is another story of the creation of the first humans in Genesis chapter 1, but this was written by a different author at a different time. Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the two stories should not be confused as they differ not only in content but also in tone, mood and orientation.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
Christians believe in the Genesis account of what events?
A:There are many accounts in Genesis that Christians, to a greater or lesser extent believe in. In some cases, that belief may be based on a misunderstanding of the text, but the belief is still real. For example, there are two different stories of the creation, yet many Christians, believing that the text cannot contain contradictions, ignore the major disjunctions between the two creation stories and tend to treat the second story as the fuller, more detailed account of the creation of man (and woman) that the first story simply reported, and then believe this reinterpretation of the passages.Christians believe in the Genesis account of Noah's Flood, although there are actually two, somewhat different accounts conflated. They believe in the stories of the Tower of Babel and of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It is considered an article of faith that Christians should believe the accounts to be found in the Book of Genesis.
