Ziony Zevit on Genesis 2-3

Ben
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edited December 2024 in English Forum

I'd like to suggest Ziony Zevit, What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden? (Yale University Press, 2013). He's a Jewish scholar, and I've heard good things. 

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  • Veli Voipio
    Veli Voipio MVP Posts: 2,065

    I hope this book provides some new views. Most commentaries are copies of each other and based on relative late Jewish or Western views.

    Currently I have a working hypothesis that Gen 2-3 tells that Adam had enough cattle to pay the bride fee and then he got a prophecy that Eve is suitable for his wife. That is based on my interpretation of the African culture. Therefore I´ll try to find any kind of views that might give me some support, although it is probable that I will not find any.

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