Out of Paradise: Eve and Adam and Their Interpreters

213 Pages·2010·2.61 MB·English

by  Bob Becking

Out of Paradise
Eve and Adam and
their Interpreters
Edited by
Bob Becking and Susanne Hennecke
OUT OF PARADISE

Hebrew Bible Monographs, 30

Series Editors
David J.A. Clines, J. Cheryl Exum, Keith W. Whitelam

Editorial Board
A Graeme Auld, Francis Landy, Hugh S. Pyper, Stuart D.E. Weeks

OUT OF PARADISE

EVE AND ADAM AND THEIR INTERPRETERS

edited by

Bob Becking
and

Susanne Hennecke

SHEFFIELD PHOENIX PRESS

2011
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CONTENTS

Abbreviations vii
List of Contributors ix
Introduction xi

ONCE IN A GARDEN: SOME REMARKS ON THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE IDENTITY OF WOMAN AND MAN IN GENESIS 2–3
Bob Becking 1

THE CHARACTER OF EVE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT:
2 CORINTHIANS 11.3 AND 1 TIMOTHY 2.13-14
Geert van Oyen 14

THE LONG SHADOW OF HUMAN SIN:
AUGUSTINE ON ADAM, EVE AND THE FALL
Willemien Otten 29

IS WOMAN JUST A MUTILATED MALE?
ADAM AND EVE IN THE THEOLOGY OF THOMAS AQUINAS
Harm Goris 50

HUMANITY IS A MICROCOSM: ADAM AND EVE
IN LUTHER’S LECTURES ON GENESIS (1535–45)
Theo M.M.A.C. Bell 67

ADAM AND EVE AS LATECOMERS: THE PRE-ADAMITE
SPECULATIONS OF ISAAC LA PEYRÈRE (1596–1676)
Willem J. van Asselt 90

THE PROMISE OF A SALUTARY DIFFERENCE: ADAM AND EVE
IN THE THEOLOGY OF FRIEDRICH SCHLEIERMACHER
Heleen Zorgdrager 108
vi Out of Paradise
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE: KARL BARTH AND LUCE IRIGARAY
LOOKING AT MICHELANGELO’S THE CREATION OF EVE
Susanne Hennecke 124

PARADISE LOST, GROWTH GAINED: EVE’S STORY REVISITED—
GENESIS 2–4 IN A FEMINIST THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Anne-Marie Korte 140

EVE AND ‘WOMEN’S COMMANDMENTS’
IN ORTHODOX JUDAISM PERSPECTIVE
Eric Ottenheijm 157

CREATED ANEW: MUSLIM INTERPRETATIONS
OF THE MYTH OF ADAM AND EVE
Karel Steenbrink 174

Index of References 191
Index of Authors 196
ABBREVIATIONS

AB Anchor Bible
ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch
BibInt Biblical Interpretation
BK Biblischer Kommentar
BZAW Beihefte zur ZAW
CCSL Corpus christianorum: Series latina. Turnhout, 1953–
CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum
EKK Evangelisch-katholischer Kommentar
FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen
Testaments
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series
JSS Journal of Semitic Studies
KJV King James Version
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
NTD Das Neue Testament Deutsch
NTOA Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus
OTS Old Testament Studies
RSV Revised Standard Version
SBLDS SBL Dissertation Series
SSN Studia semitica neerlandica
USQR Union Seminary Quarterly Review
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Willem J. van Asselt is Professor of Historical Theology at the Evangelische
Theologische Faculteit in Louvain. Previously he taught Church History at
Utrecht University.

Bob Becking is senior research Professor of Bible, Identity and Religion in
the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University.

Theo M.M.A.C. Bell is Lecturer Emeritus in Systematic Theology at the
former Catholic Theological University, Utrecht.

Harm Goris is Lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Tilburg School of
Theology.

Susanne Hennecke is Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Utrecht University
and leader of a research project in Systematic Theology at the Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn, Germany.

Anne-Marie Korte is Professor of Religion and Gender at Utrecht University
and Director of the Dutch Research School for Theology and Religion
(NOSTER).

Willemien Otten is Professor of Church History at the University of Chicago
and Professor Emeritus of Utrecht University.

Eric Ottenheijm is Lecturer in New Testament and Judaic Studies at Utrecht
University.

Geert van Oyen is Professor of New Testament in the Faculty of Theology
of the Université Catholique de Louvain.

Karel Steenbrink is Professor Emeritus of Intercultural Theology at Utrecht
University.

Heleen Zorgdrager is a Minister in the Protestant Church of the Netherlands
(PKN).

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