I would suggest another reading: "who ate with her...". Andronicus Khandjani; Pleven, Bulgaria
www.bereshith.org 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > >
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