How many creation stories are in the christian bible?
There are two stories, one names God “Elohim”, the other names God “Yahweh”. I have heard that in the actual hebrew text, difference between the two is even more stark. If these stories were taken literally in a chronological fashion, they would contradict each other. The Yahweh version says land before water. The Elohim version implies water before land. The Yahweh version seems to have a more humanistic narrative while the Elohim version is more about exact catagories. I think the “seven days” of the Elohist creation are catagories and are used to make certain points. Example is the “fourth day”, it makes the point that the Sun and the Moon are just objects, they are not gods to be worshipped like other peoples did in the Bronze Age. Here is the passage from the “The New Jerusalem Bible”: “Genesis 1:14-19 God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine o
