... sought to answer from thebeginning of existence as it is known today. Many stories and fables have beentold and passed down from generation to generation, yet two have survived the test of time and criticism. The Biblical account in Genesis, probably writtenby Moses around 1500 B.C., and the story of creation and flood in Ovid'sMetamorphosis, written somewhere between 8 and 17 A.D., have ... it takes God six days to complete His creation; resting on the seventh. InMetamorphoses, the creation story is seven stanzas, a compilation of eightylines. It takes Moses thirty- one verses of Old T...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... answer from the beginning of existence as it is known today. Many stories and fables have been told and passed down from generation to generation, yet two have survived the test of time and criticism. The Biblical account in Genesis, probably written by Moses around 1500 B.C., and the story of creation and flood in Ovid's Metamorphosis, written somewhere between 8 and 17 ... God six days to complete His creation; resting on the seventh. In Metamorphoses, the creation story is seven stanzas, a compilation of eighty lines. It takes Moses thirty- one verses of Old Testament history to comp...

• Word Count: 970
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School