Genesis creation narrative

mythological "garden of God" in the Bible and the Qur'an

fresco by Michelangelo, part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity

various calendar eras that purport to count the number of years since the beginning of creation

thumb|upright=0.6|The supplementary hypothesis, a popular model of the [[composition of the Torah. The Jahwist is shown as J.]] thumb|The 20th-century documentary hypothesis. The Jahwist or Yahwist (J) is one of the most widely recognized sources of the Pentateuch (Torah), together with the Deuteronomist (D), the Priestly source (P) and the Elohist (E). The existence of the Jahwist text is somewhat controversial, with a number of scholars, especially in Europe, denying that it ever existed as a coherent independent document. Nevertheless, many scholars do assume its existence. The Jahwist is

one of the four sources of the Torah in the documentary hypothesis

thumb|An artist's depiction of the early Hebrew conception of the cosmos. The firmament (raqia), Sheol, and [[Tehom are depicted.]]

oratorio composed by Joseph Haydn

argument that God created the world recently

about 33,000 small ceramic figurines allegedly found by Waldemar Julsrud in July 1944

museum

Fresco by Michelangelo, part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Concept found in the New Testament

North American christian-fundamentalist organization

Nephesh (), also spelled nefesh, is a term in the Hebrew Bible used to refer to the aspects of sentience, and human beings and other animals are both described as being nephesh. Not all living organisms are referred to as "nefesh": arthropods ("bugs") and plants, for example, are not described in the Hebrew Bible as nephesh. The English corresponding term to nephesh is the Christian term "soul," which has very similar connotations, and is customarily used to translate it.

Romanesque embroidered hanging in Girona Cathedral, Spain

purported to be the original forms of life as they were created by God

1994 television film directed by Ermanno Olmi