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Genesis/An Overview

the narratives in the books to come (Friedman 295). In Genesis, everything builds on everything else. Therefore, in order to under...

Genesis 1-2:3 Compared to Genesis 2:4-25

are differences, the two texts do not necessarily contradict each other. The account of creation in Chapter 1 is very detailed. ...

Genesis 22:1-19

in the court of the Egyptian pharaoh. While the text asserts details of history, the larger concern to the authors of Genesis were...

The Origin of Evil

Testament. The general thought is that Moses wrote these texts during the forty years of the Exodus which would have been between ...

Day-Age Theory of Creation

While this fact does not indicate that the author of Genesis intentionally used the word "yom" to indicate the passage of billions...

Attitudes and Free Will in the Book of Genesis and Paradise Lost by John Milton

in clear opposition to what is found in Genesis. The student will want to point out that Adam and Eve can easily relate...

Book of Genesis Definitions of Literary Terms

involves not only examining the authors words for literal meaning, but also considering the meanings behind symbolism and imagery....

Great Flood in the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh. Who was Gilgamesh? According to Biblical scholars who have researched ancient scrolls, Gilgamesh was a ...

Odysseus Compared with Genesis' Jacob

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

British Literature and the Theme of Sin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how sin is depicted in the Books of Genesis and Romans as well as how it is thematically dev...

Chapter One of Genesis and the Rig Veda Indian Creation Myth

In four pages this paper compares the creation myths found in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis and 'In the Beginning' of t...

Cultural Influence of the Book Of Genesis

In five pages this essay examines the influence of the Book of Genesis on such authors as William Faulkner and Thornton Wilder. T...

Judaism, Christianity, and Life's Meaning

outlook by blaming someone or something else, thus we will remaining in a ?status quo? personality and spirit all our life, never ...

Dreams of Joseph in Genesis 37

In two pages this paper examines Genesis 37 in terms of Joseph's dreams and their significance. There is no bibliography included...

French Revolution from 2 Perspectives

well as the commoners demanded a constitution and a new regime in which personal rights would be respected. In discussing the cal...

Genesis Chapter 22, Exegesis of Lines 1 through 19

In five pages most of Genesis' Chapter 22 is analyzed in order to determine Abraham's test significance. Five sources are cited i...

Women in Genesis and the Qu'ran

This four-page paper compares and contrasts women in the Book of Genesis in the Bible and the Qu'ran. Common topics regarding wome...

Meaning and Theology/Genesis 21:1-7

Sarah could produce a child, yet through the grace of Gods will this occurred. Verse 2 makes it clear that the only reason that S...

Jacob's Deception

that belonged to Joseph (Menn, 1997). Judah has deceived his father and now, he has his daughter-in-law deceiving him. There is al...

Gilgamesh, Genesis: Comparing Floods

This essay contrasts and compares the way that the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and Genesis describe the Flood. The writer argues that the ...

A Primary Source Analysis: Genesis and American History

This essay analyzes the Book of Genesis and then discusses its impact on the worldview of Europeans during the sixteenth century a...

Analyzing Ezekiel 28:13

In five pages the writer equates the creation mystery and man's downfall described in Genesis with this passage along with an anal...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Genesis, Gilgamesh, and the Flood

In 5 pages this paper considers the significance of the Great Flood story retelling in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the Book of Ge...

Genesis 1 Through 3

or what God tells us to do with our treasure. Sadly, humans today are not very much different than Adam and Eve in many ways. It ...

Essays on Mythology

and furthermore substantiates the domination of men over women. The clear message is that the patriarchal, punishing Jehovah shoul...

She Unnames Them By Le Guin

man called each living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). Adam gave names to all of them "But, for Adam no suitable help...

Genesis 6:6 The Lord Was Grieved

in Scripture, such as in Isaiah: "yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit" (Isaiah 63:10), in Psalms: "How often they ...

Louis Dumont and Economic Ideology

In eight pages Louis Dumont's From Mandeville to Marx The Genesis and Triumph of Economic Ideology is examined through an applic...

The Bible - Fact or Fiction?

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...