Comments on: The Bible as Ethnography ~ 03 ~ Sometimes a Snake is Just a Snake. But not in this case…. https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Stephen Moore https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530944 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:12:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530944 Khan, that’s been my interpretation of the expulsion form Eden, but given Greg’s analysis above I know wonder how the two interpretations would fit together (if indeed they would).

]]> By: khan https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530943 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:20:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530943 Idle thought: was being forced to leave the garden and work in the fields some sort of folk tale of going from hunter-gatherer to farmer?

]]> By: mark https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530942 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:44:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530942 So Johnny Appleseed was really God making sure there were enough magic trees around so he could travel without worrying about running out of life-preserving fruit?

]]> By: Ouchimoo https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530941 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:44:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530941

The role of Genesis 3 seems to be two part, from a male perspective: 1) find a way to blame women for something really bad, and 2) work out a justification for sexual control of women and thus, indirectly for reproductive rights

Yes which would make sense to remove Lilith from the bible if you plan to keep your women-stock in check.

BTW thank you for speaking at the Bell Museum for Darwin Day. All the speakers did great!

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530940 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:43:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/13/the-bible-as-ethnography-03-so-1/#comment-530940 “The only thing that is clear about this story is that it, the story, is heavily clothed in euphemism. ”

Heretic! Don’t you know that Genesis must be taken literally?

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