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The Garden of Eden story, one of the most famous narratives in Western history, is typically read as an ancient account of original sin and humanity's fall from divine grace. In this highly innovative study, Ziony Zevit argues that this is not how ancient Israelites understood the early biblica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zevit, Ziony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Bible. > Genesis, II-III > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genesis. > Paradieserzählung.
Bible. > A.T. > Genèse > Critique et interprétation.
Eden.
Fall of man.
Éden.
Chute de l'homme.
paradise (doctrinal concept)
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Criticism & Interpretation > Old Testament.
Eden
Fall of man
Péché originel.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Fall is with us always
  • Part 1. Now and then. The Fall in interpretation ; The Fall in the Hebrew Bible ; Who wrote the garden story and when? ; What is a reader-response approach to interpreting the garden story? ; Reading, presenting, and evaluating the garden story
  • Part 2. Before then. A down-to-earth story (Gen 2:4-7) ; Why Eden? Why a garden? Where were the trees? (Gen 2:5, 8-10) ; Where in the world was Eden? (Gen 2:10-14) ; The gardener and his tasks (Gen 2:15) ; The second commandment (Gen 2:16-17) ; The first social welfare program (Gen 2:18-20) ; The first lady (Gen 2:21-23) ; Why "therefore"? (Gen 2:24) ; How bare is naked? (Gen 2:25) ; Clever conversation and conspicuous consumption (Gen 3:1-6) ; Dressing up for a dressing down (Gen 3:7-11) ; Interrogation and negotiation (Gen 3:11-13) ; Procreation in the garden (Gen 3:14-19; 4:1-2) ; Not a leg to stand on: the serpent's sentence and the Israelite culture of "curse" (Gen 3:14-15) ; No bundle of joy: Hawwa's sentence and Israelite predilections in legal reasoning (Gen 3:16) ; Toil and trouble: Adam's sentence and the rights of laborers (Gen 3:17-19) ; Out of the garden (Gen 3:20-24)
  • Part 3. Then and now. The essential plot of the garden story ; A literal translation of a literary text ; Allusions to the garden story in the Hebrew Bible ; Contra the common interpretation ; Beyond the Tower of Babel
  • Appendix: Transliterating Hebrew for tourists in the garden.

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