It is the first book of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Tanak. ... (Wood, 9) Like any good beginning should, Genesis sets a foundation for the rest of the Bible and, for that reason, it is considered to be one of the most important books of the Bible. Much of the later text in the Bible would be incomprehensible if Genesis were not there. ... The most commonly accepted date is based on the genealogies in both Genesis and later parts of the Bible, and theologians have been able to estimate that the "creation of the world occurred in 4004 B.C." ...

• Word Count: 3285
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Some events and setting details prove this novel to contain religious allegory, considering they are almost parallel to those in the bible. ... When the boys are isolated with no adults present, they are the beginning of civilization on the island and have to create a new society, just like how the bible says that Adam and Eve are the start of the human race and its civilization. ...

• Word Count: 3388
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Taken from the novel, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, the quote, " in pulsing dark, crouched, I holding on, clutching tight, rocking, somewhere behind the gate, and a dark red clotting light and pressure and pain and then OUT into a flat white light where shapes move and things flash and glitter...

• Word Count: 3249
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate