Creation According to Genesis: One Account or Two?

I am starting this thread to siphon off the discussion in the Humour VIII forum (Message 324 and following) relating to the Genesis creation account(s). NoNukes is probably right to assert that most at EvC consider there to be two separate accounts (the first running from Genesis 1 to Genesis 2:3 describing the six-day creation; the second beginning at Gen 2:4 and including the story of the Adam, Eve, the serpent, etc.), but as his participation demonstrates, there are clearly those at EvC who consider the accounts more sensible when considered as a single story.And so the debate is born...I believe the evidence is rather overwhelmingly against these being a single coherent account, not only because there is contradiction between the accounts but also based on the style of the stories, the nature of the characters involved, and linguistic features (calling all spiders).Before I do too much work laying out the details of my own position, I'll leave this open to see if anyone is interested enough in the topic to start participation in a devoted thread.Bible Study forum?Edited by Jon, : mbrid link

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