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    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…

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    Iroquois Creation Story

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    We read over two very important stories of creation in our reading, First the Christian biblical story similar to Adam and Eve. And last but not least the Iroquois Legend from the Native Americans, which varies from any other story I had heard before, Below are what I recognized as similarities and differences between the two. The First Noticed differences between stories were that the Women in the Native American story worked together with the animals of the earth after falling through a hole…

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    Hebrew Bible Thesis

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    Brief Paper The Hebrew Bible shows us the creation of Heaven and Earth created by God. Human nature proves to us the Hebrew Bible does not allow human beings to act independently or having the freedom to do so without answering to the Creator of heaven and earth. God’s determination to test our free will shows our determination to obey God’s orders to do as we are told. Human Nature defined in the Hebrew Bible, is we exist at the creation of the all mighty creator of heaven and earth, we…

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    Since the beginning of time, all living creatures have strived to hold the most power in their environment. The tyrannosaurus rex dominated the prehistoric era with its size and strength and the lion controls the jungle with its strength, speed, and hunting ability. Humans control everything that surrounds them and always strive to conquer more. This drive for power and control lead to many great empires as well as the fall of those empires, Rome is a prominent example of how too much power…

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    “Rappaccini’s Daughter” is an allegory of the Genesis creation story, then the meaning of the story can be seen in an entirely new light. Traditionally, authors interpreted the story to be a warning against the dangers of science. However, modern authors have begun to interpret the story as an allegory of the Genesis creation story. While the two stories do not share a parallel structure, “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathanial Hawthorne and the Genesis creation story reflect each other through…

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    created; this is called a creation myth. The two societies Iroquois and Kono are an example of people who use myths to spread a basic understanding of their beliefs and values. While some similarities between the Iroquois and Kono people’s idea of creation parallel each other, there are also some significant differences. Creation myths are a way to explain the unexplainable, specifically, how the earth and its inhabitants came to be. In historic times, these myths were told orally and…

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    A creation story is about the different cultures believed how the earth was created and how humans appeared. The belief of Genesis believes different than Cherokee about everything was set up on earth. In Genesis culture, peoples’ belief 6 days creation was created by God, but Cherokee culture belief differently. There are examples of similarity and differences about the Genesis and Cherokee culture The creation stories between the Genesis and Cherokee in similarities, In the beginning, they…

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    Genesis 1-2 Research Paper

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    Introduction Genesis 1:1-2 has been interpreted in many different ways, which leads to different views concerning the creation account. One such view is called the gap theory. This view postulates that there was a significant amount of time (eons) between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. The reason for the time gap is that Satan rebelled against God, and after that period of time, God had to recreate the universe. The grammar and syntax for Genesis 1:1-2 will be examined, with a focus on the phrase…

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    Book Of Genesis

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    The first two chapters of the Book of Genesis open with the story of how the world had been built. However, these two chapters have told two different stories. The first story, which explains the creation of the whole world, starts in Chapter 1 up to Chapter 2:3. It talks about God first created the earth and heavens, then he created the light, sky, land, water, vegetation, and different living creatures, include human beings, in six days. And he rested on the seventh day from all the work that…

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    I felt it was interesting how the stories had so much in common, but, so much difference. In both stories the similarities were different, but the same in many ways. In the Iroquois creation story there was a Skyworld which is similar to the Garden of Eden in the Genesis story. In the Skyworld there was a special tree which no one was to touch. In the Garden of Eden there was a tree of knowledge that God told Adam and Eve not to eat of it or they would surely die. In Skyworld, the pregnant…

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