The Garden of Communion and the Ground of Dominion: Genesis 2,4b-3,24 as an Aetiology of Domination
dc.contributor.author | Wijesinghe, S.L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-08T08:34:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-08T08:34:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description.abstract | Source-critical studies on Gen 2,4b-3,24 had assigned a very early pre-exilic date to its composition. But recent research has challenged this century long hypothesis. There is a growing consensus that the final text of the second creation narrative was completed during the post-exilic period. There are similarities between in Gen 2,4b–3,24 and late texts in Ezekiel, Second Isaiah and Job. Furthermore pre-exilic texts of the OT hardly refer to the second story of creation. These reasons prompt the exegetes to posit a post-exilic date to the final version of the text. Without excluding the possibility that the text contains redactional layers, it is possible to consider it as a post-exilic work. Interpreting the symbol of the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” as “freedom” and the serpent/ground as the unorganised appetite, it is possible to see an evaluation of the Ancient Israelite History in Gen 2,4b-3,24. Israel was expelled from the garden of communion because of the loss of equilibrium between the world of freedom and the world of the appetite. While presenting a historical evaluation, the second story of creation also functions as an aetiology of domination. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Wijesinghe, Shirley Lal 2015. The Garden of Communion and the Ground of Dominion: Genesis 2,4b-3,24 as an Aetiology of Domination. Paper presented at the International Research Conference on Christian Studies, 04-05 July 2015, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8713 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Kelaniya | en_US |
dc.subject | Creation narratives, Genesis 2,4b-3,24 | en_US |
dc.title | The Garden of Communion and the Ground of Dominion: Genesis 2,4b-3,24 as an Aetiology of Domination | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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