The reason the serpent is so different from the other cultures is because of the religious difference. In the cultures mentioned before, there is more than one god that is worshiped. Since there were many different gods, it allowed room for the serpent to be worshiped. On the contrary, according to the Bible, where Genesis is found, there shall only be one God. Isaiah 44:6 states, “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.” In a Christian cultural context if anything is to try and take the place of God, it is evil. While in the other cultures, the serpent was worshiped because of its godly status. I find it interesting that the motivation for the serpent deceitfulness in Genesis was to be viewed as the same authority as God had with his
The reason the serpent is so different from the other cultures is because of the religious difference. In the cultures mentioned before, there is more than one god that is worshiped. Since there were many different gods, it allowed room for the serpent to be worshiped. On the contrary, according to the Bible, where Genesis is found, there shall only be one God. Isaiah 44:6 states, “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.” In a Christian cultural context if anything is to try and take the place of God, it is evil. While in the other cultures, the serpent was worshiped because of its godly status. I find it interesting that the motivation for the serpent deceitfulness in Genesis was to be viewed as the same authority as God had with his