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Creation Myths in the Ancient World

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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The Later Story of Genesis One

I would tend to see Genesis two and three as the older story. So before the Babylonian exile, I don't really have a strong opinion about how early it is. It doesn't have to be super early, but it does make sense in that pre-exilic kind of ancient Israelite farming context. And also, this is a feature of text editing. When you're the final editor, right? The person who was able to place the story at the beginning, that reframes everything else.

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