The creation narratives are told as two separate stories written in Israel about 400 years apart from each other. They were inspired by visions that God sent to Moses about the creation process. The first story written was called the "J" story or the "Yahwist" story (Yahwist is Hebrew for God) and was written in 900 BCE (Genesis 2:4 to the end of chapter 3). The second story written was called the "P" story or the "Priestly" story and was written in 500 BCE (Genesis 1:1 2:3). The "J" story is apart of the Old Epic tradition, which preserves extremely ancient material and is therefore much older (400 years) then the "P" story.
Each story brings creation to the table in a different light. They both include a lot of the same content however the order of it and the way it is all written is very diverse. In the "P" story people and all living things are created on the last day of the creation period. In the "J" story one man (Adam) is created after the universe but before the......
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