pinklight

Naming in Hebrew culture was a mark of authority so the text is saying to the people it was written for that Adam is claiming authority over the animals and over the woman.

Gazza,

So Adam called the tiger “Tony”, the lion “Leo” and the elephant “Dumbo”? “Woman” is not even a proper name. Give me a brake. So what is your point? Is it that Adam displayed authority over the woman AFTER the fall by naming her “Eve”? IDENTIFICATION (as in the title “woman”) in Hebrew culture never marked authority. Now if there’s some evidence from Hebrew culture that you’d like to present where one human IDENTIFYING another is a mark of authority then I’d like to see it. Otherwise perhaps you have a different point to make?