Like America, Genesis has 2 creation stories. Simchat Torah renews our ability to tell them both As Jews we learn to live with the contradictions that sometimes haunt us.

One of the lesser-known facts about Genesis 1-2:4a, the story of the seven days of creation, is that it was written in response to a disaster. Judah, the southern kingdom of the Israelite people ...

Dear Rabbi Gellman: I would appreciate your insight on a few questions that I have about the Creation Story. In Genesis 1 and 2 of the Bible there are two different versions of the story. Chapter ...

It is the story of Lilith. According to this midrash, which was finally codified in the 10th century, Genesis 1 and 2 are actually the stories of the creation of two different women.

In this creation story, God hasn't gone to the trouble of building a temple because "God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground" (Genesis 2:5).

In the first creation story in Genesis 1, God declares everything good — dry land, waters, vegetation, animals and creepy crawlers. The only variation comes with the creation of humans.

In Genesis 2, some people think that the story goes on to give more detail about the creation of humans, seen as two individuals, Adam and Eve. Many Christians do not believe this story to be true ...

Genesis 2: The Plant of Eden A moment form centers on Adam’s creation from clean and Eve’s arrangement from his rib, presenting topics of enticement and the drop of man.

David L Cunningham, son of well-known Christian missionary Loren Cunningham, will write and direct the feature aiming to give a faithful depiction of the Genesis story in a way that's also ...

Comparing the Babylonian origin story to the Genesis creation narrative renews my gratitude that I’m not merely an inglorious servant to the divine, my fate subject to the whim of their caprice.