The Cosmocentric View In The Book Of Genesis

Every religion accounts for a story of creation and each is unique in its own way. In Judeo-Christian beliefs, there are two creation accounts which are distinct and describe how God created the earth, nature and mankind. Both creation accounts are found in the book of Genesis with a specific name for each. The cosmocentric account which describes how god created the heavens and earth in seven days and the anthropocentric account which allots for the creation of mankind and how the earth was populated. Both share many differences as well as similarities which make them of equal importance and relevance. The first account seen in the book of Genesis is the cosmocentric account which tells how God created the world by bringing peace and order to an “evil” and “dark” place. God’s purpose was to organize this evil place and bring principles allowing for sustainability. In this account, God practices a pattern in which he creates earth as known in the present for six days, resting on the seventh. On the first day, he creates light to make night and …show more content…
It is described that god generates man from “the dust of Earth” and the biblical figure of Adam is brought about. As the story continues, he creates the Garden of Eden and a female companion for Adam. The fall of Adam and Eve follows this creation account. Though it is not part of the account particularly, it is relevant to its importance. This part of the bible conveys mankind’s desire to challenge and rival god, when Eve is tempted by the serpent to take a bite of the fruit and gain knowledge of good and evil. Both Adam and Eve were clearly warned by God to not eat fruit from the tree of knowledge, and the serpents offering was exactly from there. Since Adam and Eve faced the possibility of gaining knowledge of evil, this connects to the first creation account, that evil already existed in the