Genesis: The Beginning

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This paper shows how and why the biblical book of "Genesis" serves as inspiration for the three major religions of the world - Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It provides a summary of the main stories of the book and gives a brief analysis of certain highlights and characters.

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"The story begins with the creation of the world. This creation story is told twice, from different narrative standpoints, so that the reader can have a full picture of the scope of creation. Like Greek creation myths, the story starts with Chaos, for the universe is "without form and void." Yet God moves across the surface of the earth. He creates light, day, and night. Such is the first morning and night, empty void space, lightness and darkness. Then God separates the waters in the earth from the waters in the sky (clouds, one assumes) and creates the sky. A second day passes. God breaks the oceans apart, and dry land comes forth. Upon the land he creates vegetation, green and growing things. A third day passes. On the fourth day, God creates the sun, stars, moon, and other celestial bodies. The light now has a central focus and cause, rather than simply "being." On the fifth day, God populates the oceans and the air with fish and birds and living things. On the sixth day, God creates the rest of the animals -- everything that lives upon the land. He makes man, and instructs "them" to be fruitful and multiply and fill the world. He also instructs that they only eat plants, and not kill animals. The world is good."

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