Creation, Flood , and Fall

During the semester, we read and discussed some ancient literature. I personally admire about how many stories are touched and refer to human creation, flooding and degeneration. The literature of the ancient world such as "origins of the Bible", "girugamesh", "deformation". First, the reader will recognize the unique presence and creation of the event. In Genesis, the author recorded the form of creation within 7 days. The Creator is a person, God.

Creation> Flood (1: 1 to 9: 29) According to the literary structure of "Creation - Rebellion - Flood" in "Atra - Oasis Epic", some scholars believe that the first history of Genesis is Genesis I believe it will spread to the end of Genesis 1-9 instead of 1-9. From the end of the first chapter. 9 5:31 Noah continued the explanation and completed his complete explanation like the nine other patriarchs mentioned in chapter 9. It is probably a story in the flood story. 6-9 means "Adam's Toledo Book" which is part of a larger literary unit starting with 5: 1. Detail of the Flood Story It can be said that Noah and his life are inserted in the genealogy framework of Genesis 11.

Until recently creation and floods have often been seen as independent units. One of the reasons is that the ancient Mesopotamian document first discovered is to provide a creative myth without a flood story (such as "Enuma elish") or a flood story without a creative theme ("Gilgamesh Epic") . All new 17th century Assyrian version from Nineveh, Nine Benegal. Therefore, scholars are busy writing Genesis 1 with "Enuma elish" and Genesis 6 - 8. Gilgamesh "XI compares these two parts of Genesis without integrating them