| marciosmg said: @superchunck - which two stories? could you explain it a little. i like reading about this things. thanks in advance |
Basically just read the first two chapters, in my Jewish history class it was shown in the TaNaKh that these are two distinct oral traditions that were later put together. The first is associated with the Elohim tradition, i.e. where God is always referred to as El or Elohim/Preistly traditon. The second is part of the Yahwist tradition where God is alreays referred as Yahweh or other words commonly used in place of Yahweh.
Here is the order in the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:
Day 1: Sky, Earth, light
Day 2: Water, both in ocean basins and above the sky(!)
Day 3: Plants
Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)
Day 5: Sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals,
creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)
Day 6: Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)
Day 7: Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)
Note that there are "days", "evenings", and "mornings" before
the Sun was created. Here, God is referred to as "Elohim", which
is a plural, thus the literal translation, "the Gods". In this tale,
the Gods seem satisfied with what they have done, saying after each
step that "it was good".
The second one (Genesis 2), the Yahwist tradition, goes:
Earth and heavens (misty)
Adam, the first man (on a desolate Earth)
Plants
Animals
Eve, the first woman (from Adam's rib)
A completely different order and known by Jews as just two different stories
