Why are many bothered by seeing 2 creation accounts in Genesis but not 4 Gospel accounts in the New Testament?
Few people seem to have any problems with the idea that multiple authors would write “life stories” of Jesus (i.e the four Gospel accounts which we know as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). Yet, I read a lot from people online where they seem to get all excited about the fact that there are two summaries of creation events in Genesis 1 and 2.
Yes, I realize that people who lack experience with anthropology and comparative lit for various cultures don’t understand that not every culture focuses on rigid chronological orders. And I realize that some Bible scholars find Genesis 1 and 2 in harmony while emphasizing very different agendas while other scholars insist that they are contradictory. But I’m just curious as to why I’ve seen so many posts on R&S where there is the presumption that the existence of two creation accounts constitutes in and of itself some sort of definitive and conclusive denial of the Bible’s authority within the Christian religion.
Just wondering.
The two genesis accounts are like one being a wide angle view of what happened while the other was a close up containing more details.
In regards to the gospel accounts, 4 different authors at different times felt inspired to record various aspects of the Lord Jesus’ life here on earth. It’s just like if you bought 4 different newspapers and they all told the same story but they were all different from one another based upon the investigations, the sources of information, and personalities of the authors.
Luke 1:1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.
