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Gender and Sexuality in the Garden of Eden
Abstract
Various attempts have been made to argue that the plain meaning of the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3 supports a feminist, or at least a woman-friendly, understanding of the gender and sexual relationships between Adam and Eve. I counter that these arguments are not convincing and are hard to square with the biblical text, by considering four central elements in the story: (1) The sexual nature of ha'adam, Adam/ the earthling at the start of our story; (2) God's ‘curse’ of Eve; (3) The meaning of the woman being a ‘helper’ to Adam; and (4) Adam's naming of the woman. I conclude that the most plausible meaning of these chapters is that Adam dominates Eve sexually and otherwise from the very moment of Eve's creation.
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The Adam and Eve story has been used for millennia to justify and enforce the unequal treatment of women by men, with women considered inferior because God decreed it and because it is woman's fault.
“As Gellman (2006:320) states, 'The story of Adam and Eve in Genesis, chs. 2-3, has historically been taken to endorse male normativity, especially in sexuality.' The Adam and Eve story has been used for millennia to justify and enforce the unequal treatment of women by men - women are inferior to men because God has decreed it as such, and it is woman's fault.”
From TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTADING OF THE CURSE OF EVE: FEMALE SEXUAL PAIN IN GENESIS 3:16 AND OTHER ANCIENT TEXTS (2020) · cites this paper as Gellman (2006:320)
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- Authors
- Gellman, J.
- Corresponding author
- Gellman, Jerome
- ORCID
- Gellman, Jerome
- Venue
- Theology & Sexuality
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 319-335
- ISSN
- 1355-8358 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-5170
- OpenAlex
- W2122938068
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Theology and Sexuality (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Theological Perspectives and Practices
- Keywords
- Garden of Eden, Genesis 2-3, Adam and Eve, gender relations, sexuality, feminist interpretation, helpers, sexual domination, biblical exegesis
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