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  2. Genesis creation narrative - Wikipedia

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    The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from different sources.

  3. The Creation (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    chorus. orchestra. The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2), and considered by many to be one of his masterpieces. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as narrated in the Book of Genesis. The libretto was written by Gottfried van Swieten.

  4. Allegorical interpretations of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    The Lord, therefore, recapitulating in Himself this day, underwent His sufferings upon the day preceding the Sabbath, that is, the sixth day of the creation, on which day man was created; thus granting him a second creation by means of His passion, which is that [creation] out of death. [10]

  5. Firmament - Wikipedia

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    The second was a cow, as per the Book of the Heavenly Cow. The cosmos is a giant celestial cow represented by the goddess Nut or Hathor. The cow consumed the sun in the evening and rebirthed it in the next morning. [18] The third is a celestial woman, also represented by Nut. The heavenly bodies would travel across her body from east to west.

  6. Framework interpretation - Wikipedia

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    The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story [2][3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from ...

  7. Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Genesis (from Greek Γένεσις, Génesis; Biblical Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית‎, romanized: Bərēʾšīṯ, lit. 'In [the] beginning'; Latin: Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. [1] Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning'). Genesis is an ...

  8. The Creation structure - Wikipedia

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    The Creation. structure. The Creation, the oratorio by Joseph Haydn, is structured in three parts. He composed it in 1796–1798 on German text as Die Schöpfung. The work is set for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Its movements are listed in tables for their form, voice, key, tempo marking, time signature and source.

  9. Millennial Day Theory - Wikipedia

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    The Millennial day theory, the Millennium sabbath hypothesis, or the Sabbath millennium theory, is a theory in Christian eschatology in which the Second Coming of Christ will occur 6,000 years after the creation of mankind, followed by 1,000 years of peace and harmony. [1] It is a very popular belief accepted by certain premillennialists who ...