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They (the creation stories of Genesis) are a recasting of ancient myths of creation, paradise and the fall of man, produced at a comparatively late stage in the history of Israel and reflecting a highly developed understanding of a God who had entered into personal dealings with his people, through the covenant and the law. . . They (these stories) are imaginative expressions of permanent realities with which other religions have also tried in their own way to grapple but now illumined and given meaning by the knowledge of God's purpose made known in his covenant with Israel.
taken from:
Christian Belief in God page 88