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<category name="">Literary Device | <category name="">Literary Device | ||
<p>The repetition of the creation story with its varying details is a literary device in which an author first presents a general overview and then proceeds to speak in more detail about important individual components.</p> | <p>The repetition of the creation story with its varying details is a literary device in which an author first presents a general overview and then proceeds to speak in more detail about important individual components.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashiBereshit2-8" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBereshit2-8" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:8</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashbamBereshit1-27" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBereshit1-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:27</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="UCassutoBereshit2-4" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="UCassutoBereshit2-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:4</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. Umberto Cassuto</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
<point><b>Creation of Man and Women  - together or separate?</b></point> | <point><b>Creation of Man and Women  - together or separate?</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Man in the image of God or from earth</b></point> | <point><b>Man in the image of God or from earth</b></point> | ||
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<category name="">Two Facets of Creation | <category name="">Two Facets of Creation | ||
| − | <p>The two chapters describe different aspects of the same creation.  Chapter | + | <p>The two chapters describe different aspects of the same creation.  Chapter 1 focuses on man in his creative capacity and his search for control over his environment while Chapter 2 describes the submissive man of faith and his search for redemption. As each prototype approaches his surroundings differently, the description of the creation of each and his world differs, but in reality both are fundamentally part of all creation.</p> |
| + | <point><b>Structural unit</b> – This approach views chapters one and two as one unit.</point> | ||
<point><b>Creation of Man and Women  - together or separate?</b></point> | <point><b>Creation of Man and Women  - together or separate?</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Man in the image of God or from earth</b></point> | <point><b>Man in the image of God or from earth</b></point> | ||
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<category name="">Distinct Events | <category name="">Distinct Events | ||
| − | <p>While Chapter | + | <p>While Chapter 1 describes the creation of the world and the human species as a whole, Chapter 2 speaks of the creation of Gan Eden and a particular individual, Adam.</p> |
| − | <point><b>Creation of Man and Women  - together or separate?</b></point> | + | <mekorot> David Nissani</mekorot> |
| + | <point><b>Creation of Man and Women  - together or separate?</b> In Chapter 1</point> | ||
<point><b>Man in the image of God or from earth</b></point> | <point><b>Man in the image of God or from earth</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Commands to Man: to conquer or to guard??</b></point> | <point><b>Commands to Man: to conquer or to guard??</b></point> | ||
Version as of 07:34, 15 April 2015
Two Accounts of Creation
Exegetical Approaches
Literary Device
The repetition of the creation story with its varying details is a literary device in which an author first presents a general overview and then proceeds to speak in more detail about important individual components.
Creation of Man and Women - together or separate?
Man in the image of God or from earth
Commands to Man: to conquer or to guard??
Creation via speech?
Order of Creation
Names of Hashem
Verbs Used (עשה/ברא versus יצר)
Two Facets of Creation
The two chapters describe different aspects of the same creation. Chapter 1 focuses on man in his creative capacity and his search for control over his environment while Chapter 2 describes the submissive man of faith and his search for redemption. As each prototype approaches his surroundings differently, the description of the creation of each and his world differs, but in reality both are fundamentally part of all creation.
Structural unit – This approach views chapters one and two as one unit.
Creation of Man and Women - together or separate?
Man in the image of God or from earth
Commands to Man: to conquer or to guard??
Order of Creation
Names of Hashem
Verbs Used (עשה/ברא versus יצר)
Distinct Events
While Chapter 1 describes the creation of the world and the human species as a whole, Chapter 2 speaks of the creation of Gan Eden and a particular individual, Adam.
Sources: David Nissani
Creation of Man and Women - together or separate? In Chapter 1
Man in the image of God or from earth
Commands to Man: to conquer or to guard??
Creation via speech?
Order of Creation
Names of Hashem
Verbs Used (עשה/ברא versus יצר)
