There is a creation but the animals and beings that transpire from his creative process take him by surprise: "I should like to see the things that have been created" he says, upon surveying the animals (11). For Maheo, the beings he meets are also much more powerful than Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve have no knowledge, not even of their own nakedness. God gives them free will to choose to eat of the tree and to Fall, but he knows that they have fallen and what they will do before they do it. The beings Maheo confronts have knowledge that Maheo does not have, even though Maheo existed before their origin and Maheo is the creator God: "I do not see You, but I know that you exist," says a goose, who takes him by surprise. "I do not know where You are but I know that you must be everywhere" (11). The goose gives Maheo good advice about reforming the world: "birds are not fish!" she cries, noting that the creatures he has created get tired and need a place to rest (11). Maheo complies with the goose's demand. In contrast, the God of Genesis does not tailor his request to the demands of Man and Woman, even though when he perceives demands, like Adam's loneliness, he compassionately addresses them. God "planted a Garden eastward in Eden," and planted Adam there, Adam did not have to advise him to create an appropriate habitat for man, like the animals of the Cheyenne myth (165). "To make such a place, I need all of your help, all of you," cries Maheo to the animals as he finishes...
In contrast, the God of Genesis needs nor solicits no aid and judges harshly any being that deviates from His will, like the serpent to whom he says: "upon thy belly thou shall crawl and dust shall thou eat all the days of they life" (167). There is no question that eating from the Tree of Knowledge, because God prohibited it, was wrong of Adam and Eve, and it was wrong of the serpent to question God. Maheo does create a woman from man's rib like the God of Genesis, but he continues to creatively intervene in human affairs, not to punish, but to create buffalo, and he acts without judgment: "Maheo is still with us" and taking human advice as well as giving needed gifts to humanity (15).
The Bay Psalm Book's version of Psalm 23 reflects a more passive version of the Lord. The verbs come at the end of the sentences. For example, it opens by saying, "The Lord to mee a shepheard is," immediately making the Lord's role more passive. This is continued later in the Psalm, where it recites, "they rod, and staffe, my comfort are." Overall, the language simply does not convey an
Women in the Odyssey and King James Bible The nature and role of women in Homer's "The Odyssey" and throughout the "King James Bible" are much the same. While some are pure of heart, others are deceitful. In "The Odyssey," Penelope waits patiently for her husband and never really loses faith that he will return home to her. Although she has many suitors during Odysseus' absence, she never succumbs and cleverly delays
God of the Old Testament displays many human images, many human emotions. Even though we are after all created in His image it still shocks one to read of an angry God or a vengeful God. God seems to play favorites often. We must keep in mind that the Bible was written by man. Man wrote of God in the only manner he could - in human terms. Moses wrote the
In addition, a brief look at his family history is required, because the political fortunes of James Otis' father directly influenced the trajectory of his own career. James Otis was part of the fifth generation in a family that first arrived in the colonies looking for economic opportunity, and James Otis' grandfather, John Otis III, was the first in the family who went beyond business into politics (Waters 1968 &
James Joyce's Ulysses: Chapter One The opening chapters of novels are always crucial components, not usually because they deal with major events, but because they introduce the elements that the remainder of the novel will build on. James Joyce's Ulysses is no exception to this. The first chapter introduces the major elements that the rest of the novel will build on by presenting material that raises questions. These questions then become
Sons of God" in Genesis 6 are human, by using the following verses as background on the subject: Deuteronomy 9:18, Joshua 7:6, Psalm 112, Genesis 4:26, Numbers 13:33, Job 1:6, 2:1. The Sons of God referred to so briefly in Genesis 6 are indeed human, because they have the distinct human vice of "wickedness," which in the end seals their fate. They are Sons of God who came to
Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.
Get Started Now