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| Translation of Genesis 2:4b-4:1 |
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| 1. INTRODUCTION |
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The Yahwist's Presuppositions |
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The Intention of the Text |
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The Question of Relevance |
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Genesis 2-3 as Universal Classic |
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The Problem of Temporality |
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A Certain Understanding of Humanity |
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God's Word to Humanity is a Commandment |
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Myth and Truth: The Problem of Evil |
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| 2. THE SETTING |
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The Ancient Cosmogonies as Background |
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J and P Back to Back: Convergence and Divergence (Gen 2:4b-6) |
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Earthly Dust and Heavenly Breath (Gen 2:7) |
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How Green Was Their Valley (Gen 2:8-9a) |
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The Double Nature of the Central Tree (Gen 2:9b) |
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Watered by an Edenic River: The Universality of Eden (Gen 2:10-14) |
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| 3. PROLEGOMENA TO A TRAGEDY |
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Humanity at the Crossroad (Gen 2:15) |
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The Intrinsic Resistance of the Created World |
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The Divine Prohibition (Gen 2:16-17) |
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Human Mortality Immortality |
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A "Thou" to Humanity (Gen 2:18-20) |
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Naming or the Mystery of Language (Gen 2:19) |
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The Androgyne (Gen 2:21-24) |
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A Helper for Life (Gen 2:18-19) |
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Man Clings to Woman (Gen 2:24) |
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Blessed Innocence (Gen 2:25) |
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| 4. THE PROMISE OF THE SERPENT |
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The Unexpected Presence of a Devious Element in Creation (Gen 3:1) |
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The Touting Serpent (Gen 3:1b) |
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More on the Origin of Evil according to J |
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A Heterogeneous Intruder—Death |
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The Serpent's Calling Card (Gen 3:1-5) |
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And if the Serpent Was Right? |
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| 5. THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS |
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The Feminine Initiator (Gen 3:4-6) |
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"O Hide This Breast, I Could not Behold!" |
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Again on Nakedness and Its Dissimulation (Gen 3:7) |
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Not a Word but the Pounding of Their Hearts (Gen 3:8) |
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Humanity and the Universe |
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Hide and Seek (Gen 3:8-13) |
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Crime and Punishment (Gen 3:14-19) |
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The Living One Gives Life (Gen 3:20) |
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The Stultification of a Genius (Gen 3:14) |
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| 6. THE FALLING CURTAIN |
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A Fight to the Finish (Gen 3:15) |
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Divine Jealousy or Divine Pathos? (Gen 3:22b) |
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A Recent Interpretation of the J Myth |
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The Guardians of the Sill: Adam or Gilgamesh? (Gen 3:23-24) |
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| 7. CONCLUSION-INCLUSION |
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To Work the Garden and Keep It (Gen 2:15) |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index of Subjects |
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