Priestly authors of Genesis 1 were concerned not with the origins of matter (the material which God formed into the habitable cosmos), but with assigning roles so that the Cosmos should function. This was still the situation in the early 2nd century AD, although early Christian scholars were beginning to see a tension between the idea of world-formation and the omnipotence of God; by the beginning of the 3rd century this tension was resolved, world-formation was overcome, and creation ex nihilo'' had become a fundamental tenet of Christian theology. See also Adapa Anno Mundi Apollo 8 Genesis reading Atra-hasis epic Allegorical interpretations of Genesis Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament Babylonian mythology Biblical chronology Biblical cosmology Biblical criticism Christian mythology Creation (disambiguation) Creation–evolution controversy Creation mandate Cultural mandate Enûma Eliš Genesis flood narrative Hexameron Islamic creation narrative Jewish mythology List of creation myths Mesopotamian mythology Ningishzida Primeval history Religion and mythology Sanamahi creation myth Sumerian creation myth Sumerian literature Tower of Babel Tree of the knowledge of good and evil Notes Citations References External links Biblical texts Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (Hebrew-English text, translated according to the JPS 1917 Edition) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 (Hebrew–English text, with Rashi's commentary. The translation is the authoritative Judaica Press version, edited by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg.) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (New American Bible) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (King James Version) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (Revised Standard Version) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (New Living Translation) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (New American Standard Bible) Chapter 1 Chapter 2 (New International Version (UK)) Mesopotamian texts "Enuma Elish", at Encyclopedia of the Orient Summary of Enuma Elish with links to full text. ETCSLText and translation of the Eridu Genesis (alternate site) (The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford) "Epic of Gilgamesh" (summary) British Museum: Cuneiform tablet from Sippar with the story of Atra-Hasis Related links Human Timeline (Interactive) – Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016). Adam and Eve Creation narrative Bereshit (parashah) Biblical cosmology Christian mythology Comparative mythology Creation myths Creationism Enūma Eliš Jewish mythology Mesopotamian mythology Mythography Religious cosmologies