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How Accurate Is Genesis 1-11 Historically Accurate?

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In John 14:25 Jesus tells his disciples of the Holy Spirit and that he is a part of God in them. God gives us the Holy Spirit to help tell us the truth of God and the world. Without the Holy Spirit we would not be able to have the truth of life on our sides. In this I believe that Genesis 1-11 is historically accurate because of the genealogy, places, how the New Testament points to the Old Testament and how God can reveal to us. Genealogy is something that is really important in a historical sense. There are so many people today wanting to look at where they came from and who their family was. Within Genesis 1-11 there are a few different mappings of who the people are and who they point to. The first one actually starts in Gen. 4: 17-24
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Specifically meaning, the nature of God is monotheistic. Genesis 1-3 consists of the creation of the world, the creation of man and woman, and the fall. The creation of the world explains how God made the world in seven days. Within the creation of the world, the narrative describes how God made everything. He made the night, day, sky, water, earth, animals, plants and stars.

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(Genesis 6:5-Genesis 6:6) unlike the P-Source where the deity is called God and is concerned with the fruitfulness of humans and animals. The difference in the name of the deity and character of the deity is an indicator that they are different sources. In the J-Source the deity is called YHWH and is described as being

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Throughout Genesis, God makes sure he is known as the one and only god and that he is above his followers. He makes it known that there are in fact other gods because he says in genesis 1:26, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.” However, later he says it says, “God created humankind in his in his image,” which leads to the conclusion that humans resemble other gods but they resemble the Christian the most. This puts God at the top of the hierarchy over the other gods. The bible also expresses that God is the ruler over his creations because he is the creator.

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Most modern biblical scholars believe that there are clearly two versions of the creation story in the chapters of Genesis 1 through 3 in the Old Testament. These versions appear to come from three different groups of authors called the Jahwist Source, the Priestly Source and the Redactor Source. The first version, from Genesis 1:1-31 to 2:1-3 by the Priestly Source, followed by the second version, from Genesis 2:4-25 by the Jahwist Source and Redactor Source. According to the Documentary Hypothesis the younger Priestly Sources put their version of the Creation in front of the older Jahwist Source version and notice the differences, in Genesis 1 by the Priestly Source, where the focus is on the entire universe and, in Genesis 2 by the Jahwist

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Carbon Copy of the Truth? Genesis and the Popol Vuh are mythical stories of creation composed on opposite sides of the world. These stories set the narrative tone for each of their respective audiences (cultures) by giving a sense of purpose for humanity and answering the basic, fundamental question: Why do we exist? In their earliest form, both of these epic stories of human creation and existence were passed down in oral form from generation to generation.

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1. What is revealed about human nature (from Genesis 1-2)? Although the first two chapters of Genesis mainly discourses the creation of the universe, it also illustrates what is expected of human nature, as God intended. Humanity was blessed by God, as we are his creation, since we were creating in his likeliness.

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The 11th Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis from the Holy Bible are extremely similar. Both accounts involve the destruction of mankind by a higher power or powers. In the book of Genesis Noah is spared due the righteousness in him witnessed by the Lord. Utnapishtim however, was merely warned of the flood by EA. Differences between the two accounts are visible throughout the scriptures.

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When we ask people about their thoughts on how the world was created, the first idea that comes to mind is the story of Genesis. Most people generally assume that there is only one account of creation, the account that portrays God as the sole creator since in the Genesis account he creates heaven, earth, man/woman, and other living things. However, Genesis is not the only face of creation because religious texts from different cultures tell us otherwise. In ancient near east religions, there are two creation myths that give their own different accounts. While some details of the Genesis account are similar to the Enuma Elish of Babylon and the Memphite Theology of Egypt, each account individually brings their own nationalistic pride and personal touch.

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In the beginning was the Word was with God and the Word was God (John 1:1). There are a variety of cultures, religions, and cults that believe in different creation stories. Christians find their creation stories in Genesis one and two and Mormons find their creation story in the books of Abraham and Moses, found in the Book of Mormon. When looking at these three different accounts of creation one can find both similarities and differences. Christians and Mormons both acknowledge that God existed before creation, but Mormons believe that there were also others, our spirits, in existence at the time of creation.

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Unit 8 Short Answers [LT 2.1] According to the Catholic Church, how are the Genesis 1-11 stories true? The Catholic Church interprets the stories in Genesis 1-11 as conveying theological truths rather than historical and scientific truths. Let there be light, and there is light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

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The first similarity that I see is the way that the creation of the world is addressed. Both start out with some form of nothingness, in Genesis there is an empty void and in Theogony there was chaos. In genesis god first creates the heavens and the earth. This is shown in Theogony “ In the beginning there was only Chaos, the Abyss, But then Gaia, the earth came into being”

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The Bible provides a second perspective on God’s creation of His human creatures, an account that can be found in Genesis 2. Whereas the first account focused on God’s daily activity in creating the entire universe and everything in it, the second seeks to highlight even more God’s intimate work in creating male and female. It’s here that we learn the name of the first man, Adam (we’ll learn the first woman’s name, Eve, in chapter 3), and hear how God Himself serves as minister and witness at their marriage, and places them into their first home, a wonderful garden. The garden narrative is a study in contrasts, however. First, it shows how carefully and lovingly God gave both Adam and Eve life and they needed in order to enjoy that life to

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