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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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| En: |
Theology & sexuality
Año: 2006, Volumen: 12, Número: 3, Páginas: 319-335 |
| Otras palabras clave: | 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 |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
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| Sumario: | 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 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1355835806065391 |
