Modgangen kom ind i verden ved Adam (og Eva): At læse 1 Mos 2-3 uden Rom 5
Paul's interpretation of Genesis 2-3 as a story about Adam's "fall" and the universal origins of sin and death (Romans 5:12) has had an immense impact on Christian theology. Even though biblical researchers have long recognized that this interpretation is by no means self-evident...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Danish |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Year: 2025, Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-22 |
| Further subjects: | B
Adam
B The "Fall" B Genesis B Sin B Letter to the Romans B Paul |
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| Summary: | Paul's interpretation of Genesis 2-3 as a story about Adam's "fall" and the universal origins of sin and death (Romans 5:12) has had an immense impact on Christian theology. Even though biblical researchers have long recognized that this interpretation is by no means self-evident in the Old Testament text, some have continued even in recent years to read Genesis 2-3 through the lens of Romans 5. In this article, I examine both the interpretational traditions that led Paul to his reading of Genesis 2-3 and those that tend to inspire contemporary academic interpretations of the same text. I conclude with my own reading of the Garden of Eden story as an etiology for why human lives in ancient Syria-Palestine tended to be short and full of hardship, discussing how the narrative functions as a fitting introduction to the Pentateuch. The purpose is not to argue for one "correct" understanding of Genesis 2-3, but to demonstrate how different motivations underlie different interpretations - and that it is important to be explicit about what those motivations are. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7146/dtt.v88i1.156159 |
