Using the Social-Epistemic Reading Model.

In the readings for this week, Farella begins his discussion by pointing out that in Navajo, “creation” is rendered as Niilyaii or “those entities that were placed.” Zolbrod’s translation of this event carefully outlines the process of thoughtful and purposeful arrangement by the Holy People. In the Western mindset, the creation in Genesis is characterized as “ex nihilo” or creation out of nothing. Yet, a careful reading of the Genesis text suggests something different. After you have read the Navajo material for this week returned to the Genesis text and read it through the lens of Navajo cosmology. Then, answer the prompts below.

the theme should be about 3 pages long.

details in the attchment