Zone1 In The Bible's Genesis An Account Of Nature. Right?
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Thousands of years? Genesis was written after the Babylonian exile.
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7 Bible Stories and Texts With Roots in Ancient Literature
The remarkable similarity of several bible stories and texts to other, often older, narratives has been a controversy amongst scholars for generations.
7 Bible Stories and Texts With Roots in Ancient Literature
The remarkable similarity of several bible stories and texts to other, often older, narratives has been a controversy amongst scholars for generations.
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The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible and is part of the Torah, or Pentateuch, which is the first five books of the Bible.
The book is thought to have been composed around the 5th century BC, but some scholars believe that chapters 1–11, which cover primeval history, may have been added as late as the 3rd century BC.
The authors of Genesis borrowed themes from Mesopotamian mythology and ancient near eastern cosmology, but adapted them to their unique belief in one God. The creation myth in Genesis 1 may have been created by a Hebrew scribe living in Babylon during the Babylonian Exile in the 4th century BCE.
Genesis is divided into two parts:
Primeval history
Chapters 1–11 include stories such as the creation, the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, and the Tower of Babel.
Patriarchal history
Chapters 12–50 include stories such as Abraham, Isaac and his twin sons Jacob and Esau, and Jacob's family, including Joseph.
Most mainstream Bible scholars consider Genesis to be primarily mythological rather than historical.
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The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible and is part of the Torah, or Pentateuch, which is the first five books of the Bible.
The book is thought to have been composed around the 5th century BC, but some scholars believe that chapters 1–11, which cover primeval history, may have been added as late as the 3rd century BC.
The authors of Genesis borrowed themes from Mesopotamian mythology and ancient near eastern cosmology, but adapted them to their unique belief in one God. The creation myth in Genesis 1 may have been created by a Hebrew scribe living in Babylon during the Babylonian Exile in the 4th century BCE.
Genesis is divided into two parts:
Primeval history
Chapters 1–11 include stories such as the creation, the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, and the Tower of Babel.
Patriarchal history
Chapters 12–50 include stories such as Abraham, Isaac and his twin sons Jacob and Esau, and Jacob's family, including Joseph.
Most mainstream Bible scholars consider Genesis to be primarily mythological rather than historical.
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What became of the talking snakes?
Did they not make it onto the Ark?
Did they not make it onto the Ark?
Most “mainstream Bible scholars” are atheists and quacks.
According to the hawk.
How do you believe ancient man passed down history, knowledge and wisdom if not orally?
That you scoff at that reflects more on you than on them.
Sumer had a written language long before Abraham.
SweetSue92
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Why would I give you a description of the natural world based on the Bible? It's not a science book. It's God's book--an account of his unfolding plan.
Genesis was never about the Big Bang, the creation of the solar system, the earth, or the first plants, animals, and human beings. How could it be? It is a metaphorical account of when Light was spoken into existence when the world was without shape or form, (lawless), and void (pointless) and darkness ( superstition, ignorance) covered the face of the deep,(the unknown)
God said "let there be light" and the law was given, through Moses, as a light to the nations.
When Adam was asked to name the other creatures (people) that God also created they were called wild beasts, serpents, cattle, sheep, wolves, swine, THAT DO NOT RUMINATE, etc, etc., just like people have been doing in every language and nation ever since people could talk.
When the children of Adam and Eve wanted to find a mate, THEY WENT TO A CITY.
It amounts to a fairy tale, a warning to children about the danger of losing your mind for life to cultic practices, sorcery, what is now known as mind control. The talking serpent was a direct reference to the Pharaoh who wore a serpent on his headdress "beguiling" the gullible into swallowing, without thinking, what they already know is bullshit which is the forbidden fruit.
The moral; If you fill your head with lies, your mind will be defiled and contaminated and you will lose your sanity and awareness for life, running around completely naked among the wild beasts of the field, always on the prowl for prey in the dark wilderness, east of eden, peace and sanity.
If they want to teach that, why not?
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A direct descendant of that ever elusive brazen and crafty talking serpent of old is running for president of the U.S. right now. A plague of talking serpents have been running amok all over the world and people have been dying in droves, once bitten, for as long as I can remember.
And thats a very long time.
Their unburied corpses are piled high baking in the sun, covered with flies and maggots, and the stench of their corruption and putrified flesh polluting the atmosphere is almost unbearable
Can't you see them writhing around? Can't you hear them hissing? Can't you smell that smell?
Reality is by far more bizarre than any fairy tale ever imagined or written.
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Thousands of years before being recorded which is what I said. Are you intentionally being disingenuous?
Maybe try to understand that it was a deviation from polytheism. Then it won't be such a myth to you.
What was actually created? What actually arose from that creation? Did everything arise at once or did it occur sequentially over time. When did light appear? Do you believe light appeared when the universe was created?
Lastly, isn't that what the creation account in Genesis tells us? That the only thing that was created was the universe and then everything else appeared over time in a sequential fashion, including light?
Seems to me that that account was thousands of years ahead of science.
Seems like you are politically motivated. Imagine that.
Either that or I have the amazing ability to understand what Moses was trying to teach children
How is it that teaching, and how it applies to actual reality, intended to be understood by the children of Hebrew nomads, still remains above your grasp mr smarty pants professor?
And you didn't believe the nuns when they told you that you would go blind from masturbating.
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You don't. You only have subversion for political purposes.
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