Theme Of The Judeo-Christian Creation Narrative

Analysis of Zeus’ Interaction with Prometheus in Hesiod’s Theogony and Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound Hesiod’s

In Theogony the first gods were chaos, and gaia (earth). They produces night and day. And from night and day came many other gods. The God in Genesis is omnipotent. In Theogony we have Zeus at the head of the hierarchy but, he needs assistance to do things and other gods can interfere with him.

One of the most prominent similarities between Hesiod’s creation and Christianity’s creation story is that they both claim the universe came out of chaos and darkness. Hesiod says that Chaos or rather a void came into being. The meaning of Chaos comes from the verb Cha’ein which means “to lie open”. It is interpreted as meaning openness, emptiness, and space.

Some differences in the stories Iroquois and the Judeo Christian is having an almighty god. In the Judeo Christian story they believe that god created the heavens and the earth. Unlike in the Iroquois story where they believe that there is no almighty god and that the earth was made on a turtle's back. In the Iroquois story animals play a huge part starting with the two birds breaking Sky Womens fall. Also in a way they are viewed as a god or a power source.

Comparing and contrasting the similarities between the Greek mythology of Pandora and the Biblical writings for Eve, is an enlightening topic. In Greek, the name Pandora means, “all gifts.” Hesiod had written, many literary works that included Pandora and her creation by Zeus. “Theogony” was one title work of Hesiod’s and the other was, “Works and Days.” Hesiod brings to light, in his writings that Pandora was created for the purpose to deceive man.

Christian Allusion in The Great Gatsby and The Old Man and The Sea Fitzgerald and Hemingway have taken christian allusions to the next level in their works. In the beautiful work by Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, the Christ-like item is the Doctor's Eyes looking upon everyone driving out of The City of Ashes. In Hemingway’s work there are a lot of different parts that have christian allusions. But the one that stood out the most was when Santiago was laying down in the same position as Christ hanging on the cross. Even though some people may not see the Christian Allusions, that does not mean that they are not meaningful for the books The Great Gatsby and The Old Man and The Sea.

The story of Genesis would then hold the idea of the monotheistic view. After examining the stories side by side we learned the many values and beliefs based off the author’s narratives of the stories. The myths reflect the cosmogony of the world; much rather an aspect of it called the creation of man. Within the creation of man many ideas within it are expressed such as destruction of mankind, recreation, and rebellion. Although the stories were much alike, differences are also evident but made no difference to the points made by the

On one hand, its description of the world as chaos can be related to the biblical account of the universe before creation, being that it was “void and without form.” It is only when things are created from Chaos that the world begins to take shape and become formed into elements as is described here: “From Chaos [darkness between earth and underworld] came forth Erebus [earth] and black Night, but of Night were born Aether [light].” In the same way, it is only until God chooses to create does the world take form as well. Also, as mentioned before, the myth has cosmogony elements that could be compared to Aquinas’ explanation of God.

As mentioned before in the principal beliefs section, Celts believed in many gods that controlled the earthly life and after death life. Each different god had its own role in controlling what is going to happen next, and this can be concluded through Celts actions and needs and wants.

The notion of ‘light and darkness’ can be seen as both complementary and dualistic. The start of polytheism shifted ‘light and darkness’ from being seen as a natural phenomena to a personified symbol, like the sun god, Ra, a symbol for life. While, the beginning of monotheism in 500 B.C., developed the dualistic aspect of ‘light and darkness’. This is seen in the Jewish Bible, where it takes on a moral dichotomy, (good or evil), for example in ‘The lord is my light and salvation’ (Ps. 27:1). Contemporary art and music still expresses ‘light and darkness’, taking on both complementary and dualistic approaches.

Patriarchal Gods: An Analysis of the Importance of Anthropocentric Originations in Genesis and in Mesopotamian Mythology This mythological study will define the anthropocentric originations of the world through the compare and contrast of gender roles orientation in Genesis and in Mesopotamian mythology. In Genesis, the creation of the world is defined through the power of a man-god image, which defines the separation of differing elements/celestial bodies, such as light, air and water, to define the anthropocentric creationist story. This is also true of the human-like God called Marduk that split Tiamat (a goddess) in half to form the heaven and earth in Mesopotamian mythos. Contrastingly, Marduk is a primarily misogynistic god when he kills Tiamat, as opposed to the male god of early