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Heyyy,
So i do religious studies as a subject at school and we have an exam. I understand what we have to know but i dont know where to find the information.
If you could help that would be very appreciated.
okay first question...
What truths and literary forms are in Genesis 1:1-2:4?
and what truths and literary forms are in 1 corinthians 15:1-8?
Thank you so much xx
What truths you find depend on what you believe. If you don't believe in the God of the bible then by definition it is totally nonsense. The fact is believing is seeing. Everybody who looks at the stars sees the same blobs of light. If you believe in gravity then you can see evidence of gravity at work. If you don't believe then you can not see the evidence and nobody can persuade you that it is there. (This is significant because gravity is not the only theory about how the universe works. Another group says electric charge is the main factor in how the universe behaves. Both sides of this argument consider the other side to be deluded. And these are *scientists*.)
There are PhD degrees yet to be earned by discovering literary forms in the bible. Here is a book to help you to understand the bible. It's a free download and you can get a hard copy at any bible book store.
philologos.org/__eb-htetb/ "How To Enjoy The Bible"
And one about literary forms. It is almost the only work in the subject for the last two thousand years:
openlibrary.org/search?q=e.+w.+bullinger+figures+of+speech
Depends on what truths you require. The Genesis account relates the creation of the earth and all things on earth and in the heavens.
Who is the creator? again the Genesis account informs us that it is Jehovah God, who is the Grand Creator and Universal Sovereign and that because of the rebellion by Adam and Eve, mankind was given the 2nd hand gift of death. hence we grow old and die. But, by reason of the 1st prophecy quoted in Genesis Ch. 3 v 15, we see the God has given mankind the chance of redemption through the sacrifice of his son, Jesus christ.
This is confirmed by 1 Corinthians 15 v 1 - 8.
You have been asked specifically about Genesis 1:1-2:4 because this story is quite independent of the second creation story that starts in the middle of Genesis 2:4 (2:4b) and continues through to Genesis 2:31. So the first truth you could mention is that there are two creation stories in Genesis, of which this is the first (although written much later than the second).
The chronology is scientifically invalid - for example we now know that the sun and stars existed before the earth and moon, just as we know that the grass and plants could not have existed before the sun.
Hebrew poetry is quite different to Western poetry and relies on repetition of ideas rather that on rhyme and rhythm. The first creation story is poetry.
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If 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 is literally true, then a corollary is that some parts of the gospel accounts are not true. While Paul and the gospels agree that Jesus died for our sins, was buried and rose on the third day, there are also some very fundamental differences. Here, Paul says Jesus appeared to:
. Cephas (Peter)
. The 'twelve'
. 500 Christians all at once
. James
. All the apostles
. Paul
The assumption behind the 'twelve' is that Judas Iscariot was a member of the group and present with them when the risen Jesus appeared. 'All the apostles' appears to be a different group to the 'twelve'. There is no suggestion that the spiritual appearance to Paul was in any way different to Jesus' appearance to those earlier.
A truth that arises from this is that Paul was unaware of much that would subsequently be written about Jesus in the gospels, including the betrayal by Judas Iscariot.
