This is probably a result of the Hebrew literary practice of narrating a story once in poetic language and then again in prose. So it’s the same man and woman being created, just retold in a different style.
This is correct. Context is everything in understanding any historical source. The Hebrew texts are no different, in fact they’re a great case study in this field. They’re littered with complex poems.
My understanding is that these were two separate stories that were compiled into official state religious texts at the time of King Josiah to unify the country under one monotheistic religion.
Current scholarly consensus is that the Geneses are actually two different accounts, one likely originating in ancient Israel and the other in ancient Judah. It’s why the two stories are so startlingly different when you read them side by side.
The confusion comes from Genesis giving two creation accounts of a woman.
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
then later…
Genesis 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
It appears that a man and a woman were created at the same time in Genesis 1:27, then later in Genesis 2:22 a woman was created from a rib
This is probably a result of the Hebrew literary practice of narrating a story once in poetic language and then again in prose. So it’s the same man and woman being created, just retold in a different style.
This is correct. Context is everything in understanding any historical source. The Hebrew texts are no different, in fact they’re a great case study in this field. They’re littered with complex poems.
My understanding is that these were two separate stories that were compiled into official state religious texts at the time of King Josiah to unify the country under one monotheistic religion.
This is the origin of the McRib.
Rib was better as a DJ, just put down the mic.
Current scholarly consensus is that the Geneses are actually two different accounts, one likely originating in ancient Israel and the other in ancient Judah. It’s why the two stories are so startlingly different when you read them side by side.
Exactly. King Josiah is believed to have had religious stories and traditions from both regions of Judah (North and South).