After viewing the “Bible Stories for Kids! Story of Creation” episode, there were several key differences to be found between this children’s show and the actual Genesis story from the Bible. Despite these differences, the episode did display a few similarities from the original Genesis story as well. Based off of the articles by Trible and Hassan, one may critique the characterization of this episode’s versions of Adam and Eve. Trible and Hassan most definitely have views of Adam and Even that differ from those portrayed in this show. While this may just be a representation of Genesis meant for children, it is still important to point out the differences it has from the original creation story. If compared to the first chapter of the Genesis To start with, in both versions, God uses the term “our” when describing the creation of mankind. Rather than stating that mankind is made in his own image, God, assuming he is possibly speaking to the angels, says that man shall be created “in our image, in our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). The original purpose of mankind was also the same in both stories. Humans were to rule over the land, name the creatures, and fill the earth (Genesis 1:28). A similarity I happened to point out when finding the differences between the two stories was the creation of woman after man, in relation to the second chapter of Genesis. While the creation of woman being after that of man differs from the first chapter of Genesis, the idea coincides with the second chapter. Here, it is stated that God creates woman as a suitable helper for Adam, after his creation (Genesis 2:18-22). The children’s story is also similar in that Adam does not name the woman much later, until after “the fall.” Adam still calls his helper “woman,” but does not yet name her Eve, until after they have been punished for their sins (Genesis 2:23 & Genesis
story. The account of Adam and Eve in Genesis 1-3 is extremely similar to the
Women were just there to serve their husbands in anyway the men wanted. The first example was in the second creation story God only created man and then realized he needed a helper and then he created a woman with a rib from the man (2). It is saying that women were only really created to help and support men, also its implying that the man helped make the women so he gets control over her. In Genesis 3:16 God says to eve, “your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you,” she ate from the tree so he is punishing her (3). Women were just objects for the men to control, but then in the first creation story God created men and women equally (1). He created them together and to worship the land and populate it. So the two creation stories contradict each other because one the women are equal and in the other story they are completely separate. It gives two different outlooks on the way women were portrayed, but throughout the story they are portrayed more like the second creation story than the
Both stories tell of a creator who makes the earth and the elements of the earth like trees, rivers and animals. The Hebrew and the Potawatomi stories also share how humans are breathed into life by their creator. There is a definite relationship being sought from the creators with the humans he creates. Based on the descriptions in both stories and how they are told there is also a respect for their elders and how the stories are passed down through the generations. Also, in both stories humans are made from the clay of the earth by their creators. An interesting difference in the stories is women only being mentioned in the Hebrew story and creating conflict, where no women are mentioned directly in the Potawatomi story. Also, in the Potawatomi story they make sure you know the difference between the white, black and red people created. The red people are specifically pointed out to be “just right” insinuating the white and black are somehow inferior (discrimination). An interesting part of both stories is how they explain how the world and humans are created by a superior being. The stories themselves are passed down by their specific ancestors to explain how the world was created and their place in
The most apparent difference, is how the Earth was created. In How the World Was Made and The Sky Tree, the earth is created by animals. “The Sky Tree” describes how a group of animals, “Beaver, Mink, Muskrat, and Otter each brought up pawfuls of wet soil and placed the soil on Turtle’s back until they had made an island of great size.” Then it describes “the great tree” falling on the earth and taking root, creating the plants. And How the Earth Was Made tells how a water beetle dove to the bottom of the ocean and brought the mud up where it then “began to grow and to spread out on every side until it became the island we call earth.” That earth was then “fastened to the sky with four cords.” While these two stories are vaguely similar, the book of Genesis differs extremely. In Genesis an omnipotent being commands the earth to appear. It states that “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” and that “On the seventh day, God finished his work which he had made.” Another example of the many differences of these stories, is why the earth was made. For example, in The Sky Tree, Turtle sees a woman falling from the sky and has his friends “bring soil up and place it on Turtle’s back,” so that the woman would have something to land on. They created the earth to save the woman’s life. In How the World Was Made, the story stated that the sky world that the
There are many similarities between The Hymn to the Sun and Genesis. They are both insights of how the world was created, however there are many ways the two stories can be interpreted. The Hymn to the Sun focuses on the people of the land worshiping the sun because of its benefits. Light was the main symbol because it was a representation of life and positivity. The comparison of Genesis and The hymn to the Sun ranges from how light was created to how humans were created.
Both the Theogony and the Creation in Genesis show nature as a blessing for humans but with negative affects, However the myths differ in the ways that the Earth and humans were created and how humans interact with the deities of the creation stories. These differences include how Gods treat humans and why the Gods/God created Earth. These stories are still being passed on in today’s world and are two of the most influential creation stories to have ever been written. The similarities and differences in the creation stories show that different cultures and religions throughout the world really aren’t that far off from each other.
Not only do the two creation stories explain the beginning but they also share a lesson. They both share the lesson of shame and guilt. In the book of Genesis, Adam and Eve were told by God not to eat the fruit off a certain tree. However, Eve was fooled by a serpent and picked the ripe fruit to share between Adam and herself.
Three major books were researched on the interpretations of Adam and Eve and some extra. In the bible it says Adam was made from dust of the earth, while in the Talmud Adam is made from mud, and in the Qu’ran it says Adam was made from soil. The Jewish interpretation of Adam and eve are similar to both the Christian version and the Islamic view. The Jews do not believe in the original sin like the Christians. They believe everyone is born with a clean slate like the Muslims do. Christians believe that everyone is born tainted. Also some Jews believe that Eve was not the first woman and that Lilith was the first woman. These books even though were similar had major differences throughout the story of Adam and Eve.
There are a few parallels between the Book of Ruth and the Book of Genesis. First of all, they both tell a history. This history was once an oral history that was based on social function. The telling of these stories kept alive the memory of the people that were in them and kept the main social unit; the family together.
Where Genesis I describes a more ordered creation - the manifestation of a more primitive cultural influence than was responsible for the multi-layered creation in Genesis II - the second creation story focuses less on an etiological justification for the physical world and examines the ramifications of humankind's existence and relationship with God. Instead of Genesis I's simple and repetitive refrains of "and God saw that it was good" (Gen 1:12, 18, 21, 25), Genesis II features a more stylistically advanced look at "the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens" (Gen 2:4). While both stories represent different versions of the same Biblical event, Genesis II is significantly more complex than its predecessor and serves both to quantify the relationship between God and his creations and lay the foundation for the evolving story of humankind as well.
The two books attempt to establish an understanding of Eve as a being inferior to Adam as she is made in his image. Milton does this by pointing out how Eve "resemble[s] less/ His image who made both" (man and woman) (8.543-4) and allows Adam to call her "best image of myself" (5.95). Adam believes this as God says to him before creating Eve, "What next I bring shall please thee, be assured, / Thy likeness" (8.449-50). As it goes, in the biblical story of Genesis, man is recognized as one who has been created in the image of God, whereas woman is created from the man. In this story, God created man in his likeness and created woman from a rib of man. The book says God recognizes "it is not good for man to be alone" and decides to ."..make him a helper and partner" (Genesis 2.18). Later in the scripture man recognizes God's newest creature as "woman." In verse 23 of chapter 2, man says,
Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis not only mark a loss of innocence, but for years the story has been used as a biblical teaching. It is an important story that sets up a relationship between God and mankind. The story begins with the phrase, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," (Pagels, xi). From the opening words of the story God is deemed as the creator. He is the creator, the absolute being from which all other things are created. In the process of God's creation, he repeats the phrase "according to its/their kind," (Pagels, xi). He does this to emphasize that each creature has its own unique function, and to establish that there are limits and boundaries to each creatures existence.
In Genesis 2, God creates Ha-Adam with the breath of life, and placed the human like man in the Garden of Eve to be the caretaker. While in the garden, God gives Ha-Adam a command that he may eat from all the trees, expect one, the Tree of Knowledge and if he were to eat it he would die. God then splits Ha-Adam into two, a man and a woman. While the man and women are in the garden a serpent appeared and began to ask the women if God really said they could not eat of any tree, which she replied, they may not eat or touch in the middle on the garden, referring to the Tree of Knowledge. In Genesis 3, the woman takes the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, in which her and Adam eat the fruit. God gives Adam a chance to admit what he had done, in
Genesis is the first creation story. God creates, establishes, and puts everything into motion. After putting all of this in motion he then rests. He creates everything on earth in just seven days. Before creation Gods breath was hovering over a formless void. God made earth and all of the living creatures on earth out of nothing. There was not any pre-existent matter out of which the world was produced. Reading Genesis 1 discusses where living creatures came from and how the earth was formed. It’s fascinating to know how the world began and who created it all. In Genesis 1 God is the mighty Lord and has such strong power that he can create and banish whatever he would like. His powers are unlike any others. The beginning was created from one man only, God.
Within the texts of Genesis which belong to the biblical scriptures of the Hebrews, and the myths of Egyptian origin, there are a multitude of similarities and differences. When compared side by side, the most obvious factor of both texts is that a single God was the creator of all that we know today. In Genesis that creator is simply referred to as God, while in Egyptian mythology, the creator is known as Neb-er-tcher. Both creators have striking resemblances, such as the ways they went about the production of the world.