Genesis and Theogony
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that the writers of Genesis took the ideas of creation myths such as Theogony and rewrote them with a single God in order to fit a monotheistic culture. Others will argue that it is a piece of divine revelation. Theogony is no longer a widely accepted account of creation. It has simply become a myth children learn in school. Whichever creation story one chooses to believe however, one cannot dismiss the parallels between the two.
that the writers of Genesis took the ideas of creation myths such as Theogony and rewrote them with a single God in order to fit a monotheistic culture. Others will argue that it is a piece of divine revelation. Theogony is no longer a widely accepted account of creation. It has simply become a myth children learn in school. Whichever creation story one chooses to believe however, one cannot dismiss the parallels between the two.