The first story of creation is written by the Priest "P", in 450 B.C. "P" functions as both author and editor - arranging the order for which we read the texts. The second story of creation was written by the Yahwist "J" in 950 B.C. "J" was a scribe of the court of Solomon in Jerusalem. "P's" version of the first story of creation impresses upon the reader God's power, fertility, that the creation was good, that there is only one God, and that God is presented as King, speaking to his court - the angels.
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth there was Theomaky.…
