Tami Martin
Active 2008–2008
“Grave moral concern?”
Oh, Lord, surely the end is near.
This is an interesting post! I have often discussed this subject with my bible study class (adults – coed!!). The simple fact is that while we have the account in Gen. 1 it is completely different than the account in chapter 2. Different aspects, different angles, whatever you want to call it.
We just can’t use anything in chapter 2 other than assumptions on who told Eve what. We do see in Chapter 2 that God tells Adam that there’s one fruit he can’t eat. Eve, or rather, the woman who is as yet not named, seems to be aware of this information as evidenced by her discussion with the serpent. There are three possibilities for why she seems to have more knowledge. Either she got that from God, from Adam or she made it up herself. But the text does not say. Any one of those arguments is equal to any of the others. We just don’t know.
I like how you concentrated on what we DO know as evidenced in chapter one which the comp camp usually leaves out of any gender discussion. Great post!