I would suggest another reading: "who ate with her...".

Andronicus Khandjani;
Pleven, Bulgaria

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2013/1/10 K Randolph <[email protected]>

> Norman:
>
> First of all, does this verse justify a misogynistic attitude? No way.
> That’s something that misogynistic or controlling individuals read into the
> passage.
>
> One thought comes to mind: God made mankind in God’s “image”—which is not
> a physical image but a functional one—one of the functional aspects is that
> God gave mankind free will. So likewise Adam, though he was with the woman,
> gave her free will. He then willingly put himself under the same curse
> because of his love for his woman. With this, I see nothing of misogyny nor
> of “temptress”, rather love.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Norman Cohn <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> …
>> 4. So, how do you think this passage should be read? Was Adam with Eve
>> when the serpent tempted her? More important: do you think that Adam being
>> present at that fateful moment changes the meaning of the passage? If so,
>> in what ways? Do you think the traditional reading fosters a mysoginistic
>> view of the world?
>>  Thank you and best regards!
>>  Norman Cohn,
>> SP - Brazil
>>
>>
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