Tag: Ribs

• 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’ […]

  calgacus83

  23rd Jan 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Adam, Eve, Myth, Plato, Ribs