Two Different Creation Stories

[herev]

It's not just a liberal or skeptical view. It is the view shared by most historians, Biblical archaeologists, theologians.

yep, even those of us who call ourselves conservative can agree with this understanding of the creation accounts.

 

[jfer45]

Actually, the first place to start is the Bible. I personally recommend the new Oxford English Bible. It ought to come with the Apocrypha added as a separate section. It is filled with annotations, such as where certain stories came from, what certain phrases really mean, where a name comes from, and cross-references thoroughly.

Thanks for the reference.

 

[jereth]

Here's an interesting question: have YECists ever come up with any real argument in favour of Genesis 1-3 being a unitary piece of literature?

Even the tablet theory postulates separate sources.

 

[Assyrian]

I think it's down to the idea of Mosaic authorship. If Moses wrote all three chapters then it is a single piece of literature. Which doesn't follow of course.