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The Creation Stories in Genesis Show Remarkable Similarities to Myths

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The creation stories in Genesis show remarkable similarities to myths from other cultures, especially Babylon. What themes are most similar? Where did the writers of Genesis take great care to demythologize the Near Eastern accounts? Why did they do this?


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