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Just sharing verses in this answer starting from Vedas .nārāyaṇaḥ paraṁ brahma tattvaṁ nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ,nārāyaṇaḥ paro jyotirātmā nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ.nārāyaṇaḥ paro dhyātā dhyānam nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ.The Lord Narayana is the Supreme Absolute; Narayana is the Supreme Reality; Narayana is the Supreme Light; Narayana is the Supreme Self; Narayana is the Supreme Meditator; Narayana is the Supreme Meditation.yacca kiñcijjagatsarvaṁ dṛśyate śrūyate'pi vā,antarbahiśca tatsarvaṁ vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ.Whatever all this universe is, seen or heard of—pervading all this, from inside and outside alike, stands supreme the Eternal Divine Being (Narayana). - Narayana Suktam, Yajurveda.The Vishnu Gayatri Mantra makes clear who is Narayana. He is none other than Lord Vishnu.Now moving further to Itihasa, Valmiki Ramayana and Mahabharata.etasmin anantare viṣṇuḥ upayāto mahādyutiḥ |śṅkha cakra gadā pāṇiḥ pīta vāsā jagatpatiḥ || 1-115-16vainateyam samārūhya bhāskara toyadam yathā |tapta hāṭaka keyūro vandyamānaḥ surottamaiḥ || 1-15-17.In the meanwhile the great resplendent Vishnu, the Lord of the Universe, arrived there mounted on his Eagle-vehicle Garuda, handling conch-shell, disc, and mace in his three of four hands, clad in yellow-ochre robes, wearing golden bracelets, and while best gods eulogised him, and his arrival there is like the arrival of sun mounted on black cloud to accord the gratuitous gift called the rain. [1-15-16, 17]evam stutastu deveśo viṣṇuḥ tridaśaḥ puṃgavaḥ || 1-15-26pitāmaha purogān tān sarva loka namaskṛtaḥabravīt tridaśān sarvān sametān dharma saṃhitān || 1-15-27When the god of gods Vishnu, the supreme one among deities, one who is revered by all worlds is eulogised this way, then he spoke to all of those celestials that abide in the righteousness and that are in the assemblage, keeping the Forefather Brahma at their helm. [1-15-26a, 27] - Valmiki Ramayana, Baalkanda, Sarga 15bhavānnārāyaṇo devaḥ śrīmāṃścakrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ || 6-117-13ekaśṛṅgo varāhastvaṃ bhūtabhavyasapatnajit |"You are the Lord Narayana himself the glorious god, who wields the discus. You are the Divine Boar with a single tusk, the conqueror of your past and future enemies."akṣaraṃ brahma satyaṃ ca madhye cānte ca rāghava || 6-117-14lokānāṃ tvaṃ paro dharmo viṣvaksenaścaturbhajaḥ |"You are Brahma, the imperishable, the Truth abiding in the middle as well as at the end of the universe. You are the supreme righteousness of people, whose powers go everywhere. You are the four-armed." - Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddhakanda, Sarga117adya me saphalam taptam svargaḥ caiva bhaviṣyati |tvayi deva vare rāma pūjite puruṣarṣabha || 3-74-12"Oh, best one among men, now all my ascesis is fructified when I personally worshiped you, who are none other than the best god among gods, thus the heaven will also be there for me... [3-74-12]tava aham cakṣuṣā saumya pūtā saumyena mānada |gamiṣyāmyakṣayāṃlokāṃsvatprasādādarindama - yadvā -gamiṣyāmi akṣayān lokān tvat prasādāt ariṃdama || 3-74-13"Oh, kind one, your blessed sight has sanctified me... and oh, endower of respect, by your beneficence I wish to go to those returnless worlds because I have subjugated those enemies of yours, viz., ari SaD varga-sin me, and I think my prayer to you is justified because you are a subjugator of such enemies... [3-74-13] - Valmiki Ramayana, AranyaKanda, Sarga 74brahmaa vaa svayambhuuH chaturaananaH rudraa vaa triNetraH tripuraantakaHmahendraH vaa indraH suranaayakah na shaktaaH traatum raamavadhyamyudhi (~sundara khAnda – 51.45)Neither Brahma the self-existing god with four faces or Rudra with three eyes and the destroyer of Tripura or Mahendra the god of atmosphere and sky as also the lord of celestials would not be able to protect the one to be killed by Rama in battle." - Valmiki Ramayana, Sundarakanda, Sarga 51Now let's move towards Mahabharata."The Holy One said, 'Once more still, O mighty-armed one, listen to my supernal words which, from desire of (thy) good, I say unto thee that wouldst be pleased (therewith).The hosts of gods know not my origin, nor the great Rishis, since I am, in every way, the source of the gods and the great Rishis.He that knoweth me as the Supreme Lord of the worlds, without birth and beginning, (he), undeluded among mortals, is free from all sins. - Bheeshma Parva, Bhagavad- Gita, Chapter 10beholding Kesava angry, Falguna began to recite the feats achieved in his former lives by that soul of all things, himself immeasurable, the eternal one, of infinite energy, the lord of Prajapati himself, the supreme ruler of the worlds, Vishnu of profound wisdom!'Vyasa hath told me that thou art the cause of the creation and its course! And, O Kesava, the lord of Kshetra, thou art the mover of all minds, and the beginning and end of all things! All asceticism resteth in thee, and thou too art the embodiment of all sacrifices, and the eternal one! - VanaParvaThen, O king, the illustrious Narayana of fierce energy, the Creator and Destroyer of all, that preceptor of Yoga, filling Heaven with his splendour, reached his own inconceivable region. Krishna then met the deities and (celestial) Rishis and Charanas, O king, and the foremost ones among the Gandharvas and many beautiful Apsaras and Siddhas and Saddhyas. All of them, bending in humility, worshipped him. The deities all saluted him, O monarch, and many foremost of Munis and Rishis worshipped him who was the Lord of all. - Mausala Parva.Vasudeva is the Supreme (cause) of the universe. He is the origin of the Vedas (viz., Om). He is Truth, Knowledge, Sacrifice, Renunciation, Self-restraint, and Righteousness. Persons conversant with the Vedas know Him as All-pervading, Eternal, Omnipresent, the Creator and the Destroyer, the Unmanifest, Brahma, Immutable. Hear now the story of Him who took his birth in Vrishni's race. A Brahmana should hear of the greatness of that God of gods, viz., Him called Vishnu of immeasurable energy, from the lips of BrahmanasVasudeva is the wheel of Time, without beginning and without end. Existence and Non-existence are the attributes by which His real nature is known. The universe revolves like a wheel depending upon that Lord of all beings. O best of men, Kesava, that foremost of all beings, is said to be that which is Indestructible, that which is Unmanifest, that which is Immortal, Brahma, and Immutable. The highest of the high, and without change or deterioration himself, he created the Pitris, the gods, the Rishis, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Nagas, the Asuras, and human beings. It is He who also created the Vedas and the eternal duties and customs of men. Having reduced everything into non-existence, he once more, in the beginning of a (new) yuga, creates Prakriti (primordial matter). - Santi Parva."In the Vedas, in the Ramayana, and in the sacred Bharata, O chief of Bharata’s race, Hari is sung in the beginning, the middle, and at the end. That in which occur excellent statements relating to Vishnu, and the eternal Srutis, should be listened to by men desirous of attaining to the highest goal. This treatise is sanctifying. - Swargarohinika ParvaNow Let's dive into Harivamsa.a-vyakto vyakta-li~Ngastho yatra eva bhagavAn prabhuH |nArAyaNo hi ananta-AtmA prabhavaH avyaya eva cha ||1-42-3eSha nArAyaNo bhUtvA hariH AsIt kR^ite yuge |brahmA shakraH cha somaH cha dharmaH shukro bR^ihaspatiH ||1-42-4Indeed he who pioneers all living beings - nara-ayana - is nArAyaNa; he is unmanifest, yet self- manifest, allusively; he is the lord and god; eternal soul; unmodifiable entity and he assumed the form of shrIari in the kRita era; and when we verbalise as brahma, indra, soma, dharma, shukra or bRihaspati et al, they are all the other manifestations of this nArAyaNa...This Supreme-Soul, viShNu, created the creator brahma in the days of yore. And that very same Prime-Person, viShNu, created all the prajApati-s at the outset of eras, who on assuming various forms, also with their own forms – as in the case of kashyapa-prajApati – in turn created many most excellent beings - pipIlikAdi brahma paryantam - that are generally termed as the kith and kin of the creator brahma... and brahma, euphemistically the veda-s, have become manifold and everlasting owing to these great beings, prajApati-s... as such, viShNu of amazing deeds has bee eulogised in all the worlds... hence, you too may now hear from me about that viShNu worthy of those eulogies... - Harivamsha Parva, Chapter 42.Now let's move towards Purana, for sake of avoiding length answer, sharing single verse from some of the Purana.PARÁŚARA said, Glory to the unchangeable, holy, eternal, supreme Vishńu, of one universal nature, the mighty over all: to him who is Hiranygarbha, Hari, and Śankara , the creator, the preserver, and destroyer ofthe world: to Vásudeva, the liberator of his worshippers: to him, whose essence is both single and manifold; who is both subtile and corporeal, indiscrete and discrete: to Vishńu, the cause of final emancipation , Glory to the supreme Vishńu, the cause of the creation, existence, and end of this world; who is the root of the world, and who consists of the world. Having glorified him who is the support of all things; who is the smallest of the small ; who is in all created things; the unchanged, imperishable Purushottama ; who is one with true wisdom, as truly known ; eternal and incorrupt; and who is known through false appearances by the nature of visible objects , having bowed to Vishńu, the destroyer, and lord of creation and preservation; the ruler of the world; unborn, imperishable, undecaying. - Vishnu Purana.***Know him only to be our God and parent, who is described in Vedas as the Truth, Knowledge, Infinite Brahman, the Person transcendent to the three guṇas, the person of divine personality who is called the Supreme Man, Vāsudeva, the Master, Nārāyaṇa, Rṣi (Sage), Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa and the Lord. He is worshipped by us both, regarding him as God and Parent.8. O Brāhmaṇa, there is no one superior to him as Father (Protector) or God. Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Brahma-pura (-loka) should be known as our soul.Hence people with (right) discrimination always do all the acts, whether of the Pravṛtta or Nivṛtta type, (remaining imbued) always with devotion to Viṣṇu.26-28. O sage,Hence people with (right) discrimination always do all the acts, whether of the Pravṛtta or Nivṛtta type, (remaining imbued) always with devotion to Viṣṇu.26-28. O sage, Brahmā, Śiva, Manu, Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, Dharma, Yama, Marīci, Aṅgiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vaibhrāja, Vasiṣṭha, Sun-god, Moon-god, Patriarchs like Kaśyapa, Kardama and others, all gods, sages, all castes, and (persons belonging to) all stages of life—all those who have resorted to Pravṛtta Dharma (should) worship that very Lord. - Skanda Purana, Vaishnava Khanda, Vasudeva Mahatmaya.___There is no doubt that one who has devotion to Viṣṇu, has undoubtedly conquered (everything). Hari, the lord of the lord of all gods, should alone be propitiated. The goblin of sin would perish by means of the great sacred hymns in the form of the (various) names of Viṣṇu. There is no doubt that those with pure hearts, going round Viṣṇu even once, get (the fruit of) having bathed at all holy places. A man would obtain the fruit of (having visited) all holy places by seeing Viṣṇu’s image. Muttering the excellent name of Viṣṇu a man would obtain (the fruit) of having muttered all sacred hymns.50-52. I have disclosed to you the secret of all the Vedas and (other) scriptures. Act as you would desire. Rāmacandra is the only god. His worship is the only vow. (Uttering) his name is the only hymn; and praising him is the only scripture. Therefore, worship the charming Rāmacandra by all means; so that the ocean of the mundane existence would be as trifling as a small puddle."’ - Padma Purana.****Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. - Bhagvata Purana.Apart from them , We can also find verses from the Devotee's creations and also scriptures like Ramcharitmanas and Adhyatma Ramayana.

In high school I had two Jewish class mates. A boy and a girl. They were both always outspoken, quick to participate in class and good at arguing during debates. Very different from most of the class, me included. So, from that very limited sample I assumed that it was a cultural trait that made Jews more inclined to work in media.However reading the other answers to this question I feel most people take badly the notion that Jewish are over represented in media. So first lets define over represented.I understand as over representation as the appearance of a higher percentage of a particular social group compared to their percentage in the general population. Hence we can say blacks are over represented in jails because there are 34% black inmates compared to their percentage in the population that is 13%. On the other hand they are also over represented in the NBA as they form 74% of all playersAs a Mexican living just across the border from San Diego CA I remember watching American TV channels and shows like Seinfeld, Mad about you, Will and Grace, Cheers, my favorite movie is Independence Day and I really, really loved Goldie Hawn. And It was always odd to me that there were Jewish characters in “so many” shows and movies. No criticism intended, I’m just stating what seemed to me like a fact. No conspiracy theory behind it.But the question stands, based on percent numbers, Are Jews over represented in the American Media?

Which biblical creation story are you referring to? There are at least three. Apart from the two in Genesis (that display contradictions of sequence and theme), there are several references to an older mythological creation account of God’s victory over the Sea. Moreover, they are often juxtaposed with specific references to creation:He set the earth on its foundations;it can never be moved.You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;the waters stood above the mountains.But at your rebuke the waters fled,at the sound of your thunder they took to flight Ps 104:5–7You rule over the surging sea;when its waves mount up, you still them.You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;you founded the world and all that is in it Ps 89:9–11It was you who split open the sea by your power;you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathanand gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.It was you who opened up springs and streams;you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.The day is yours, and yours also the night;you established the sun and moon.It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;you made both summer and winter Ps 74:13–17These older creation stories share similarities to other ancient near eastern myths such as the Canaanite tale of Baal’s victory over Yam, god of the sea, and Marduk’s defeat of the sea goddess Tiamat in the Babylonian Creation Story. There may even be a faint echo of this in Genesis 1, when we are told that God “splits” and “divides” the waters to form sea and sky.