# Biblical Cosmology & Creation Myths > [!abstract] Map of Content > How the biblical authors — and their Ancient Near Eastern neighbours — imagined the shape of the cosmos, the act of creation, and the ordering of chaos into world. Read [[Three-tier Biblical Cosmology]] first for the overall picture. ## The Biblical Cosmos - [[Biblical Cosmology]] - [[Three-tier Biblical Cosmology]] - [[Symbolism of Directions]] - [[Light of God]] - [[Heaven and Earth Verses by Mackie]] ## Creation & Uncreation - [[Creation and dawn]] - [[Biblical Existence]] - [[Biblical uncreation]] - [[Days of the Week]] ## Comparative Creation Myths - [[Enuma Elish]] - [[Egyptian Creation Myth]] ## The Four Elements & Cosmic Order - [[Elements of Anthropos]] - [[Empedocles' Four Elements]] - [[Jung's Perceptual Elements]] - [[Music as Orderly]] ## Hebrew Word Studies - [[ארץ]] - [[עשה]] - [[רקיע]] - [[שבע]] ## See also [[Tim Mackie]], [[Mircea Eliade]], [[The Language of Creation|The Language of Creation (Pageau)]], [[Scripture, Church History & Theology]] --- *In-app live index (Dataview — does not render on Obsidian Publish):* ```dataview LIST FROM #map/cosmos SORT file.name ASC ```