Two Accounts of Creation: Bereshit 1–2/2/en

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Two Accounts of Creation

Exegetical Approaches

Literary Device

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)

Two Facets of Creation

Distinct Events