tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1782952637747319801.post1843428359444327931..comments2023-10-28T09:00:41.303-07:00Comments on Taste of Torah: Beraishit / Eve: Villain or Heroine of Humanity?Rabbi Amy Scheinermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276456247315972887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1782952637747319801.post-55440403994434650942014-08-04T15:46:05.922-07:002014-08-04T15:46:05.922-07:00If Eve (and Adam) had been created immortal, the t...If Eve (and Adam) had been created immortal, the threat by YHWH would have been meaningless. Immortal means they cannot die. They could have acquired immortality by eating from the Tree of Life but Yahweh chased them out of his garden before they could do that. But it is clear that the author attributes to Eve's courageous defiance the acquisition of the moral capacity of discernment between "Good and bad", identified as a divine quality by YHWH himself. that he did not want the humans to have. After all, Adam was made for the purpose of being a worker in the garden, and even Eve was an apparent afterthought when Adam did not find any of the other creatures made from dust suitable for himself.<br />In my opinion the author of this story was most likely a woman, as Identified by Harold Bloom and David Rosenberg in their BOOK OF J, but also she was an Asherah (Queen of Heaven) worshiper opposed to the totalitarian Yahwist ruling class. That is why YHWH is described as a misanthrope. ACCosmogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255446427779541191noreply@blogger.com