Jan 3, 2010

Adam, Eve, and the Serpent | Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

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Author: Elaine Pagels
First Published: 1988
Type of Work: Religion
Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Religion and spirituality
Subjects: Creation myth, Sexism, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Sin or Original sin, Religion, Women’s issues, Christianity, Women, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Greek or Roman times, Women’s rights, Theology

Pagels traces the metamorphosis of the primary message of Genesis Chapters 1 through 3 from one of freedom in the early church into Augustine’s reading of the story as one of human bondage and Original Sin. In each chapter, she discusses a theme that Christians attempted to understand or justify in light of the creation story. She examines the early Christians’ view that the real message of the Adam and Eve story is one of moral freedom and moral responsibility; the austere spiritual discipline of Paul; the Christians’ application of the account to their dangerous political...

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Adam, Eve, and the Serpent | Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

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