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Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: In the Garden
In this lengthy series, Pete Enns engages the peculiar and unfamiliar parts of Genesis 2. He first presents the details of the story which ancient interpreters often wrestled with, and then he discusses the scholars’ conclusions and offers his own insight. He addresses such particulars as the speaking serpent that tempts Adam and Eve, the idea that the couple was naked before their act of disobedience, and the fact that Adam and Eve did not physically die when they ate the forbidden fruit.
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Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: “On the Day You Eat of It…”
The problem is well known: Adam (and Eve) did eat of the fruit, but they did not die on that day.
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: A Crafty Serpent
The earliest interpreters of the Bible—just like modern ones—where curious about the serpent mentioned in Genesis 3.
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: It Was Eve’s Fault
The Garden story is about something that started right and quickly went very wrong. The forbidden fruit was eaten with lasting effects for humanity. But who is to blame, Adam or Eve?
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: Garden Paradise
Early interpreters speculated what might be special about this Garden—special enough to have been off limits after Adam and Eve’s transgression.
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: Some Thoughts about Eve
The idea that God first made animals to provide a helper for Adam and then, when no such helper could be found, created a woman was hard for early interpreters to swallow.
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: Adam and Eve’s Nakedness
During periods of cultural tension, where Jews were trying to maintain their own cultural identity, a naked Adam running around Eden came to be somewhat of a problem.
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: Working and Guarding the Garden
This led some ancient interpreters to say that Adam both tilled the land and also guarded it. But from what or from whom does Adam do this?
Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters: The Devil was Jealous
Understanding the serpent as the devil, however, leaves open a pretty basic question in Genesis: why did the devil want to trick Adam and Eve in the first place?