Creation Story Comparison Between Bible and Torah

Basic Belief Similar

• Both books believe that God created the Earth in six days.
• Adam and Eve lived in Garden of Eden.
• Adam was the first man created.
• First humans ate fruit from tree of knowledge of good and evil
• Eve was made from Adam's ribs

Christianity Belief

• Adam was created from soil in Bible.
• Jesus is the son of God

Judaism Belief

• Lilith was first woman made
• Adam and Lilith was made from dust
• 2nd day of Earth creation was not good.
• Jesus is not son of God, he is just a prophet

Literary Structure and Style Torah

• There is personification 
• An example is when Earth asked God how he could care for Lilith's kids.
• Repetition: when it says, "God saw this was good."
• Irony: Earth couldn't handle Lilith's kids bu can with Eve.
• Literary structure is chiastic

Literary Structure and Style Bible

• Repetition: when it says, "God saw this was good."
• Literary structure is chiastic as well.

Purpose and manner of Usage.

• The Purpose of these two texts is to inform people of the creation of world
• The words were used to add some emphasis on the greatness of the world  
• that was created in the creation stories.
• They were arranged to set a mysterious mood to get the reader intrigued
• and want to learn about this creation.