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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Главный автор: Gelman, Yehudah 1940- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2006
В: Theology & sexuality
Год: 2006, Том: 12, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 319-335
Другие ключевые слова: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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Итог: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.
ISSN:1745-5170
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1355835806065391