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Cosmology Chapter 9 Summary

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I found Chapter nine to be very interesting. Chapter nine discusses how the world came together. There are various suggestions in chapter nine that discuss how the world came into order. Livingston says, “A cosmology is an account of the emergence or creation of world order (183).” There is a difference in cosmology when it comes to a primal substance and cosmology from a union of a primal male and female. In the book of Genesis there are two different narratives.
Ancient Egyptians believe that the world came into order from an abyss. Other religions suggest that life on earth came into being from a male and a female being together. According to the Japanese their cosmology suggests that there was corruption and darkness. Part of the chaos was a monster and a serpent (189). A suggestion that I am familiar with is that in the beginning there was chaos. …show more content…

There are two narratives in Genesis that are very different in how it discusses cosmology. According to Genesis 1-2:4a, the world was created from water. The world was believed to be created in six days. Genesis 1-2:4a stated light was created on the first and lastly animals and humans (male and female). Genesis 2:4b-25 states that there was no water on earth. The world according to the second chapter of Genesis does not give a time frame in which the world was created. It states that man was created first and then lastly a woman was created from a man’s

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