Book of Genesis

This segment of the research paper is dedicated to telling the story of Lilith, as well as covering what exactly a Midrash is. The story of Lilith is a rather interesting one and one that is mainly untold except in the Jewish background. Lilith was considered a deity based on the fact that she was the Hebrew form of Akk Lilitu, which was the male deity similar to her in the Mesopotamian culture. (Freedman 324). There are two Jewish sources that can show the activities in which Lilith is…

“Christianity doesn't make sense without sin.” says William Kilpatrick in his book Psychological Seduction. Sin is one of the major keys to being a Christian, or in the history of the faith itself. If there was never any sin, then there would not have been any reason for a savior to come and rescue the people of Yahweh. If there was never any sin, would there even be a need for Christianity? Even during the beginning there was sin. The very first creation sinned not long after their creation.…

I go, Moriah is a big place and I know this sacrifice is important to You.” God tells Abraham he will show him. This statement gives Abraham strength to do as commanded because he realizes God is with him. Abraham has already negotiated with God (Genesis 18:23-32) and realizes if God is with him he has yet another opportunity to negotiate for Isaac.…

God in these verses is introducing Human’s worst enemy, eblees and his kind. 15:26-27 God reveals the different beings he has created and in what order. God reveals that he created man from clay and he molded them into their shape. I think it reveals that clay here means wet sand that stiffened. Also, 55:14 gives an example of the way humans were molded, just like pottery,. Here God uses the singular form of humans. “insan”, I think because it indicates that all humans are equal, because all…

Genesis 1:1 through 2:4 and Genesis 2:4 through 2:25 example how God created the Earth and mankind. However, the two sections of Genesis are different in some ways. The two stories account on how God created Earth. Before his creations, the world started as a void of darkness with no herbs or plants. With both stories God created, man and animals on land, water and in the sky. He also creates fruit from trees and trees with more fruit. These creations are consistent between both stories. There…

Many great floods have been recorded throughout history. Two of these records being in the Epic of Gilgamesh told by Utnapishtim and Noah and the Flood. Utnapishtim’s and Gilgamesh’s culture is based off of polytheistic mythology and Noah’s is monotheistic, this causes each story to be seen in a considerably different light. Despite them possibly being the same flood their is much diversity between the two due to slight cultural differences. The Great floods described in the Epic of…

myths of creation that explains how the earth came to be. Three of these such myths Genesis, Popol Vuh, and the Fulani creation story. One significant similarity between all three of the creation stories is that humans are the highpoint of creation. Mankind is supposed to be the perfect specimen created to serve the God(s) that made them, but in all three stories, these creations end up having major flaws. In Genesis God ordered Adam and Eve never to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, but…

by many names such as Yahweh, Adonai, and Jehovah Shammah in the Old and New Testament. One of the names God was known for was Yahweh. Yahweh is shown 6,519 times in the Bible (Blue Letter Bible). The first time Yahweh was mentioned was in Genesis 2:4. Genesis 2:4 says, ”This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created when the Lord God(Yahweh) made the earth and the heavens.” The name Yahweh means “Promised Name of God.” In Exodus 3:14, God revealed himself to Moses as…

Last Class My favorite part of lecture Friday was learning about how each name came about, especially learning about how Jacob becomes Israel. It is an interesting story, especially because he was first the bottom of the totem pool but he was able to rise up and fought with and stood toe to toe with an Angel who he first thought was a human. Key Points The Pharaoh decreed in Exodus 1 that all Hebrew first born sons (not daughters) are to break drowned in the river. One Hebrew lady disobey this…

essential to begin discussing the concept of small groups. Once again, we must look to the first few chapters of Genesis. God created woman for man because he needed a “suitable helper.” Recall, that they were then commanded to “be fruitful and multiply.” This would imply that they would make communities that glorified God. However, sin destroyed this concept of community. The writer of Genesis makes this idea explicit, as one of the one of the sons of Adam and Eve murders his brother. Sin…