THEO1001 Chapter 1-5, 2: Book Notes_ G 1-5 + Coogan 2
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As literal as possible, as free as necessary . Tried to remove masculine pronouns wherever possible. Old testament is written more formally than the new. Yahweh lord tetragrammaton yhwh. Genesis 1-3: when god created the world the earth was a faceless void. Ch 2 switches from god to yahweh (lord) A stream rises from the earth spreading water. God forms the man out of dust. God creates eden (w trees and fruit and the tree with the knowledge of good and evil) God puts the man in the garden. God tells the man not to eat from the tree of knowledge. God doesn"t want man to be alone. God creates animals, man names animals, but non are adequate partners for man. God puts man in deep sleep and takes his rib to create eve. Pishon: flows around havilah, rich in gold. Snake convinces eve to eat the fruit by telling her. God won"t kill her if she does.
