כנגדו: מסר השוויון המיני של סיפור גן עדן בתורה

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Abstract

The Torah tells two different stories of the creation of the human race. The first (Genesis 1:1–2:3) emphasizes the parity of men and women and their equal share in the image of God, which is their essential attribute (1:27; 5:1b–2). The conventional view is that the second creation story (Genesis 2:4–3:24), the “Eden Narrative,” presents the sexes as unequal. In the standard reading, here the man is the important figure, while the woman is only his subordinate “helper” (2:18–20). She is fashioned from his rib (2:21–23), meaning that he is the whole and she only a part. And, at the end of the story, God himself stipulates that the woman's destiny to be controlled by the man (3:16). The present article shows that this perception of the story is mistaken and that a careful and closer reading uncovers a view of the sexes that—in the account's own nuanced and psychologically sensitive way—is fundamentally egalitarian.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)17-32
Number of pages16
JournalJudaism, Sovereignty and Human Rights
Volume2
StatePublished - 2016

IHP Publications

  • ihp
  • Adam -- (Biblical figure)
  • Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Bible -- Genesis
  • Creation
  • Eden
  • Gender identity in literature
  • Women in the Bible
  • אדם הראשון
  • בריאת האדם
  • גן עדן
  • חוה, אשת אדם הראשון
  • נשים במקרא
  • ספרות ומגדר
  • פרשנות המקרא
  • תנ"ך. בראשית

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