gengwall

…and, as pinklight has already pointed out several times, the purpose for Adam’s naming of the animals was not to either establish or demonstrate his authority over them. There is no evidence at all in scripture that any authority over creation existed for humans until both humans were present and then, that authority was equally granted to them.

In other words, if Adam had a naming authority that Eve did not have, and his naming of Eve was an expression of that authority, then Eve is of no greater status than an animal in relation to Adam and the directive from God in Genesis 1 is misleading.

Conversely, if Eve had equal authority over the animals with Adam as Genesis 1 states, then she would have equal naming authority as well and would have been just as qualified to name them as Adam was in Genesis 2. Eve can’t simultaneously be both possessing and subject to the very same authority. Adam’s naming of her could not possibly be equivalent to his naming of the animals because she shared that authority with him.

And of course, as many have pointed out, the “naming” of the animals was not at all equivalent to naming a child or a pet. It was a taxonomical classification and therefore has nothing to do with any Hebrew cultural naming activity.

The whole argument related to Hebrew culture is filled with contradictions and non sequiturs.