The 2 accounts of Creation

[bigdawg]

tjmiller:

In the Ancient World, the concept of “writing” referred not merely to composition, but to literary activities also such as editing, dictation, compilation, scribal copying, etc.

Please give us some proof.

 

[tjmiller]

I’ll have to respectfully decline that request at this time: although such matters are common knowledge to those familiar with Ancient Near Eastern culture, I am concerned about getting too bogged down in a tangential thesis on the minutiae of ANE literary methods and techniques, and derogating too much further from the higher-critical orientation of the OP.

In re: to which, my essential point has always been that there are not, as is commonly assumed, “two creation stories” from two different documents or traditions - but one creation narrative, composed by one author, using two differing perspectives. (Whether the author be Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, or Moses is irrelevant in regard to this literary-critical question.)

 

[mich2]

My personal opinion would be the first story of the creation as being a physical description, and the 2nd as being spiritual in essence; that is,Paradise is heaven, a place that we cannot comprehend, being the reason why it uses a symbolic language. It would be like explaining the gift of sight to a blind man; one must use a symbolic language, using the sense of touch
(warm cool soft) or sound and melody in order to explain what is being felt when one observes the beauty of a sunset, for example.

Andre

 

[PraRFLEsEkHm]

In addition to the Toledoths article previously posted, This article on the interpretational differences of Genesis 1 and 2, and what that implies, might be helpful.

Peace

John

 

[mich2]

Interesting post, John.

Andre

PraRFLEsEkHm:

In addition to the Toledoths article previously posted, This article on the interpretational differences of Genesis 1 and 2, and what that implies, might be helpful.

Peace

John