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Genesis
2:4-14
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NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc. |
| The Blue Letter Bible.
KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. |
| The World
Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. |
| Bereshit
2: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS. |
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary
and Divrei Torah. |
| "The Immortal
Soul," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of
Spirit. |
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Chapter XXVI,
On the Soul,
Tertullian (c.
210) |
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V.IV,
V.XXI,
VI.IX,
VI.XXIX, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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IV.XXXVII,
VI.LX, Against
Celsus,
Origen.
(c.246) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From
Calvin's
Commentary on Genesis. |
| From the Geneva Notes. |
| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. |
| From
Wesley's Notes. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
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| Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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"Who Is My Neighbor?"
Daniel Deffenbaugh, Seeds of Shalom, 2008.
 | "My neighbor is
any creature who was formed from the dust of the ground and with
whom I therefore share my essential being." |
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"Listen Up," Prince Raney
Rivers, The Christian Century, 2002.
Religion Online.
| "Abram’s life was devoid of purpose or
passion until he heard the word from the Lord. He needed this call to help
him separate from his past and embrace God’s future for his life. He
followed that voice to a place he had never seen before." |
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"Creation
of Man and Woman,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics. |
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"Eden: A Moral Landscape," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2001. |
| Parshas
Bereishis, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to
numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 1:1 - 6:8. |
| "The 'Fall'
- A Second Look: A Literary Analysis of Genesis 2:4 - 3:24," Dennis R. Bratcher,
Christian Resource Institute. |
| Environmental/earth-centered
reflections, from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental Stewardship
Commission. |
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| Articles & Background:
| "What
is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 and 2,"
Michael Welker, University of Munster. Theology Today, 1991.
| "God saw; God evaluated; God
named, God separated; God brings to the human being; God allows to
be named; God reacts to the needy situation of loneliness and
helplessness of the human being who is not yet differentiated into
man and woman. According to the classical creation texts, all of
these activities and reactivities are part of the complex event
'creation.' All these reactive activities, which relate to that
which is already "produced, " are requisite in order to
bring the process of the creation of heaven and earth to a close.
God sees, names, separates, and reacts in a differentiated way to
the situation and behavior of the human being. What a world lies
between this important characteristic of divine creating in the
classical creation texts and the concept of unconditional production
and causation!" |
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| "Eve
and Pandora Contrasted," William E. Phipps, Theology Today,
1988.
| "Contrary to prevailing
opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of Eve and Pandora
are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of awareness of
this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western
civilization who have mingled these two stories together." |
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| "Temptation,"
program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and more from the Bill Moyers
PBS series Genesis: A Living Conversation.
| "'The serpent asks the
Bible's first question and produces the first conversation.' -- Dr. Leon Kass." |
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"The
Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity," a fine
comprehensive site on Genesis 1-3 by Gary A. Anderson of The University of Virginia, and
Michael E. Stone of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
| Adam and Eve,
from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the
Bible by Ronald L. Ecker. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Burns, Dan E.,
"Dream Form in Genesis 2.4b-3.24: Asleep in the Garden," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 1987. (Genesis 2:18-24) |
| DiVito, Robert A.,
"Old Testament Anthropology and the Construction of Personal Identity,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999. |
| Gnuse, Robert Karl,
"A Process Theological Interpretation of the Primeval History in Genesis
2-11," Horizons, 2002. |
| Parker, Kim Ian,
"Adam: The Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberal?" Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2005. |
| Petersen, David L.,
"Genesis and Family Values," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005. |
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Semeia 18, 1980 - Genesis 2 & 3. |
| Walsh, Jerome T.,
"Genesis 2:4b-3:24: A Synchronic Approach," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1977. |
| Yee, Gale A.,
"Gender, Class, and the Social-Scientific Study of Genesis 2-3,"
Semeia, 1999. |
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Speaking the Name," the Rev. Richard E. Spalding, Chaplain, Williams
College, 2004. Covenant
Network of Presbyterians. |
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| With Children:
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"Adam and Eve,"
Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"The Snowman," Dixie
Melton, children's sermon submission, sermons4kids.com. |
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"Word Search on
Genesis 2," Don Crownover's
Bible Puzzles. |
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| Drama: |
| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art, Julius
Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin
Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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Ribless Adam,
Desperately
Seeking Human,
Partner
search,
Spare a Rib?
Only a rib,
One flesh
confusion,
The substance
of woman, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing
permissions at right-hand side of destination page. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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