Comparison Of Genesis, Enuma Elish, And The Memphite Theology

Every religion has their own creation story, which goes into detail on how our universe was established and who were the ones behind the construction of everything that we see today. Some of the main texts about creation are Genesis, Enuma Elish, and the Memphite Theology. Although these texts have their creation story rooted in a similar region, there are some contrasts on how the world was created, and through what methods the world came to be. These distinct creation stories also give an insight on the religion itself, on whether the people who read the stories now, believe in one god, many gods, or many gods that is infused into one overall god. The stories also allow readers to see what each religion believes to be most important in the creation of the world, whether it be nature or mankind, depending on when it was created (if it was created) and for what purpose. Furthermore, there is a deeper understanding on how the creators of the universe views each of these aspects. Each creation story sets a foundation for the beliefs that each culture has, and provides more insight on what the creators find to have greater significance in the creation of the
Firstly, the creation story from the Bible comes from the book of Genesis. There are two different stories of how the universe was created by this single deity, presenting a different order on when things came to be. The god used their own voice to command light and darkness to be separated, the waters to be separated in the ocean to the sky, and then the creation of the water and sky animals, after the land animals and man (New International Version, Gen.1.1-27). However in Genesis 2, instead of just a general man being created from a command, God created man by “breath[ing] into him his nostrils the breath of life,” (NIV, Gen. 2.7) and then from the man, Adam, a woman named Eve was