Before Human Sin and Evil: Desire and Fear in the Garden of God
Traditional Western Christianity has understood Genesis 3 as narrating "the fall" and "original sin." Terms such as sin, evil, disobedience, transgression, rebellion, punishment, fault, and guilt are, however, absent from Genesis 3, while desire and fear are expressly marked in t...
| Published in: | The catholic biblical quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
[2018]
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| In: |
The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 3
/ Conditio humana
/ Desire
/ Fear
/ Sin
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Fear
B Pain B Desire B Evil B Falling B Sin B Christianity B Original Sin B Will B Religions |
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| Summary: | Traditional Western Christianity has understood Genesis 3 as narrating "the fall" and "original sin." Terms such as sin, evil, disobedience, transgression, rebellion, punishment, fault, and guilt are, however, absent from Genesis 3, while desire and fear are expressly marked in the chapter. Accordingly, this chapter does not represent "the fall" or "original sin" but humanity's primordial condition. The story of humanity in Genesis 3 also does not end there. Rather, verbal connections show that its story con tinues into Genesis 4 and 6, suggesting a "fallout" issuing in what may be called "primordial sin." |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2018.0048 |