Response Paper 1
Introduction
Genesis is the first book of the Bible that essentially delves in depth into the advent of the world. The early chapters of the book- the first and the second chapters- explicitly elaborate the Christian perception of reality, the natural world and the beginning of life, and in its sense, describing the very purpose of human life. The first two chapters of Genesis cover a topic that is widely debated, with some scholars arguing that Genesis should be taken literally and others suggesting that the message disseminated by the book is not literal. The matter has brought great contention in the course of Christian history, in the process resulting in different denominations in the Christian faith. The first two chapters …show more content…
These accounts are two distinct versions of the story of creation; they developed at different periods of Israel’s history. According to Harlow (2008), the second account of creation contained in Genesis 2: 4-25 is dated by most scholars to be earlier than the first account contained between Genesis 1:1 and 2:3. Harlow points out that the first account was probably written in the period around 587 BCE while the first came a period later. Some scholars refer to the first account of creation as the Priestly version that extends to other chapters in Genesis, while the second account is the Yahwist creation story. There are distinct disparities that are notable from the two versions. First, in the priestly version, the world was built in six days with man and woman created at the same time while in the Yahwist version outlines that man was the first to be created, followed by the animals and woman later; the Priestly version uses the term “God” while the other version uses “Lord …show more content…
The story narrates that God created the Earth in six days. On the first day, He created light and separated it from the darkness to bring into existence day and night. God did this by the power of spoken word. And God said, “ ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light ‘day,’ and the darkness he called ‘night’” (Genesis 1:3-5). On the second day, God separated the water above from that on the surface by use of a vault. He called the vault sky. On the third day, God created separated the dry land from water and named the water sea. “God called the dry ground ‘land,’ and the gathered waters he called ‘seas’” (Genesis 1: 9-10). On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon and stars in the heavens, God said “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years” (Genesis 1:14). On the fifth day, God created sea creatures and flying animals. In the next day, God created man, woman, and every land creature, and gave the human beings dominion over the rest of the
Introduction
Genesis is the first book of the Bible that essentially delves in depth into the advent of the world. The early chapters of the book- the first and the second chapters- explicitly elaborate the Christian perception of reality, the natural world and the beginning of life, and in its sense, describing the very purpose of human life. The first two chapters of Genesis cover a topic that is widely debated, with some scholars arguing that Genesis should be taken literally and others suggesting that the message disseminated by the book is not literal. The matter has brought great contention in the course of Christian history, in the process resulting in different denominations in the Christian faith. The first two chapters …show more content…
These accounts are two distinct versions of the story of creation; they developed at different periods of Israel’s history. According to Harlow (2008), the second account of creation contained in Genesis 2: 4-25 is dated by most scholars to be earlier than the first account contained between Genesis 1:1 and 2:3. Harlow points out that the first account was probably written in the period around 587 BCE while the first came a period later. Some scholars refer to the first account of creation as the Priestly version that extends to other chapters in Genesis, while the second account is the Yahwist creation story. There are distinct disparities that are notable from the two versions. First, in the priestly version, the world was built in six days with man and woman created at the same time while in the Yahwist version outlines that man was the first to be created, followed by the animals and woman later; the Priestly version uses the term “God” while the other version uses “Lord …show more content…
The story narrates that God created the Earth in six days. On the first day, He created light and separated it from the darkness to bring into existence day and night. God did this by the power of spoken word. And God said, “ ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light ‘day,’ and the darkness he called ‘night’” (Genesis 1:3-5). On the second day, God separated the water above from that on the surface by use of a vault. He called the vault sky. On the third day, God created separated the dry land from water and named the water sea. “God called the dry ground ‘land,’ and the gathered waters he called ‘seas’” (Genesis 1: 9-10). On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon and stars in the heavens, God said “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years” (Genesis 1:14). On the fifth day, God created sea creatures and flying animals. In the next day, God created man, woman, and every land creature, and gave the human beings dominion over the rest of the