gengwall

I’m starting a list – please feel free to add to it. So far I find 6 solid reasons why Adam’s “naming” of Eve in Genesis 2 could not be considered a proof of any authority Adam had over Eve.

1. Adam doesn’t “name” Eve and the animals, he classifies them. Therefore, cultural naming conventions are irrelevant.
2. There is no cultural naming convention between husbands and wives, so such an appeal to culture is an appeal to something that is non-existent.
3. Adam’s classification of the animals was not an act of authority, it was an act of scientific discovery.
4. There is no evidence that Adam even had authority over the animals before Eve’s creation.
5. Even if Adam had authority over the animals prior to Eve, Eve aquired that authority in equal measure upon her creation. Eve can’t be subject to an authority she herself possess.
6. If Adam’s classification of Eve is equivalent to his classification of the animals and it was an act of authority, then Eve does not possess the same level of authority over creation as Adam, negating Genesis 1 and lowering Eve to the status of an animal.