The bible is a collection of religious works tell morals and stories to live by. The Bible has been traditionally divided into sections. The first five books are from the Hebrew bible, the Torah, and is concerned mainly with creation and the law. Many sections of the book contain historical accounts from prophets, or the apostles. There are even parts of the Bible that contain poems and songs. The Bible was compiled from around the tenth century BC onward. No one person was able to write the whole bible, but rather many people expanding on their predecessors work. The Bible is also based on basic themes of power, goodness, and mercy of the one God. The importance of this text is mainly to the faiths of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, but also to other people such as historians trying to glean any solid historical evidence from it.
Genesis
what meanings are associated with light and darkness in the first chapter in Genesis?
light is associated with goodness, and darkness is associated with evil. so he separated them to make day and night which could symbolize the split or difference between heaven and hell.
Naming is an important theme in Genesis. Find five separate passages in which God names things. How does the act of naming seem to be related to the act of creation itself? What does Adam's ability to name the animals reveal about him?
Adam being able to name animals and the things around him show that humans are superior from other animals and that they have control. It shows that because God created humans in his likeness, that they have superiority.
what are the implications of the relationship established between humans and the rest of creation?
the implications of the relationship established is that humans are in control of everything around them.
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