Here is an epic post by our friend Dr. Dustin Smith, blogger at Dustin Martyr, comparing the opening of Genesis to earlier Near Eastern origin stories.
…while the ancient cosmology described in Gen. 1:1-2:3 shares much in common with other creation accounts in the Ancient Near East, it is in the matter which they differ which sets it apart and brings it distinction within Israelite (and Christian) theology. Genesis… needs to be appropriately placed in its ancient context in order to be both suitably appreciated and interpreted.
Check out his whole post here.
Related posts:
podcast 334 - "Who do you say I am?"
Santa vs. Arius, round 2
podcast 50 - Muslim apologist Dr. Laurence B. Brown on the Trinity
the evolution of my views on the Trinity - part 8
Trinitarian-Unitarian Debates - 1 Bosserman vs. Finnegan, 2008 - Part 4
Did Jesus have faith in God?
Is God greater than any man?
podcast 352 - Kegan Chandler - Jesus' Messianic Self-Awareness and "Early High Christology"
podcast 374 – Book Session Identity Crisis – Part 3
Swinburne's Social Trinitarian Theory, Part 1
Those who can read Dutch might be interested in:
Het Zondvloedverslag uit Het Gilgameš-Epos en Oudere Teksten versus Het Bijbelse Zondvloedverslag
http://www.bloggen.be/kieskeurig/archief.php?ID=2760077
Het Babylonische Scheppingsverhaal versus Het Bijbelse Scheppingsverhaal
http://www.bloggen.be/kieskeurig/archief.php?ID=2760076
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