Hebrew Scriptures Ch 2

The second creation story includes anthropomorphism.

The first and second creation stories both call God “Lord God”.

The story of Cain and Abel is one of

God chooses imperfect people as our Biblical ancestors.

The stories of the Fall of Man were an attempt by ancient Jews to answer the question of a.     Why are we here? b.    

The origin stories are meant to be taken literally.

From the creation stories we learned that

The stories found in Genesis were written down during

Which is INCORRECT? God promises Abraham

When the ancient Jews wrote down their origin stories, they were trying to find order, beauty, and goodness in chaos.

The first covenant in the Bible is offered to Abraham.

The Genesis story is about the religious meanings of the origins of the universe, not the scientific facts.

This is the belief that someone can take evil actions if it results in a good end

The first sin of Adam and Eve was falling to the temptation of laziness or sloth.

The religious truth found in the Genesis story of the Fall is that

The second creation story includes the “7 days.”

God cares about creation and wants us to be happy.

The view that morality is culturally based and subject to a person’s individual choice

When Cain says “Am I my brother’s keeper?” we are reminded of the sin of

This is when a person’s good actions align with their good intention and desires

The first sin, also known as The Fall, is what we as humans have within us when we use our freewill to do evil

The religious truth found in Noah and the Flood is that