Tag: Adam

• Adam’s ‘Other Half’

  Many English translations of Genesis 3:21 tell us that God took one of Adam’s ribs and made it into a woman. The Hebrew word is tsela’, but it never carries the meaning ‘rib’ elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. It means ‘side’, and is used for the sides of hills and buildings etc. The translation ‘rib’ […]

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  23rd Jan 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Adam, Eve, Myth, Plato, Ribs

• Genesis 2 & 3 – On Second Thoughts

  In Genesis 2 and 3, we have the mythical story of the Garden of Eden, with its forbidden fruit, its snake, and its punishable disobedience. The Garden itself is a delight, with beautiful trees and delicious fruits, a sparkling stream catching the sunlight, and balmy evenings which tempt God to drop down from heaven above […]

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  12th Jan 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Adam, Augustine, Devil, Eden, Eve, Snake