Gender and Sexuality in the Garden of Eden
Various attempts have been made to argue that the plain meaning of the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3 supports a feminist, or at least a woman-friendly, understanding of the gender and sexual relationships between Adam and Eve. I counter that these arguments are not convincing and are ha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2006, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 319-335 |
| Further subjects: | B
Phyllis Bird
B Adam B Garden of Eden B Phyllis Trible B Sexuality in the Bible B feminist interpretation B Eve B patriarchy in the Bible |
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| Summary: | Various attempts have been made to argue that the plain meaning of the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3 supports a feminist, or at least a woman-friendly, understanding of the gender and sexual relationships between Adam and Eve. I counter that these arguments are not convincing and are hard to square with the biblical text, by considering four central elements in the story: (1) The sexual nature of ha'adam, Adam/ the earthling at the start of our story; (2) God's ‘curse’ of Eve; (3) The meaning of the woman being a ‘helper’ to Adam; and (4) Adam's naming of the woman. I conclude that the most plausible meaning of these chapters is that Adam dominates Eve sexually and otherwise from the very moment of Eve's creation. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1355835806065391 |