Genesis is the first book of the Holy Bible. The book of Genesis contains, a creation story, Noah and the great flood, and accounts for Abraham, and Jacob.
This presentation shall explain the historical context of Genesis, which shall be analysed, interpreted and clarified in modern day English. This approach will focus on one part of Genesis, Noah and the Great flood.
Tradition has it that the Book of Genesis was written by the Prophet Moses 1,300 years before Christ, It was the first of the five books he compiled. The tradition believes that Moses was the writer of the first five books of the Bible, but it does not claim that he wrote each word in these books. They include some additions that were obviously made after his death, e.g. the story of Moses' death, explanations of geographical names and names of peoples that were unknown to the later generations, and other such comments. It is known that letters first appeared by only 1,200 years before Moses in Mesopotamia, where Abraham came from. Abraham could have passed to his descendants some notes, which later became the basis of the Book of Genesis. We can suggest that such written notes existed because Moses' disciple Joshua had mentioned a Book of Jasher that later disappeared. It is natural to believe that Moses had secretaries, who probably recorded the events involving Moses himself, as these facts were described in the third person Though Genesis cannot be labelled as the most ancient book in the world literature, it is still the oldest reliable book of history. Out of all information available to him, Moses selected only what was related to the religious life of people. That is why his book should not be treated as mere history, but as a s ...