Re: [asa] Adam, Eve, Garden Myth

Some have also seen the Garden as a symbol or "type" of the
tabernacle and temple. John Walton has commented on this in an on-
line talk (probably also in his book?). A friend of mine who is a
YEC Hebrew scholar has also seen the same allusions in the text.

Kirk

On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:35 PM, George Murphy wrote:

> Dave -
>
> It's not entirely true that The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross
> doesn't deal with this - see the last full paragraph on p.125 & the
> 1st on p.169. But it's true that I didn't deal with the issues of
> sin & salvation in great detail in that book. That's one of the
> things I'm working on now, the PSCF articles athttp://www.asa3.org/
> ASA/PSCF/2006/PSCF6-06Murphy.pdf being one aspect of the work in
> progress. This is not, however, a detailed exegesis of Gen.2 &3.
>
> There is a great deal of theological significance in those
> chapters. Briefly, the human as God's creation & object of God's
> special care - while still a being of the earth, the task of
> humanity to "guard & serve" the earth, the human ability to
> understand the animals & his superiority over them, marriage &
> society as God's purpose for humanity, humanity being called to
> observe limits set by God & the transgression of them as sin, the
> reality of temptation, & God's care for humanity even as sinners
> are just a few important themes. In addition, the difference
> between the pictures of God's activity in Gen.1 & Gen.2 is
> significant - in one case a transcendent sovereign creating by fiat
> & in the other an immanent creator who gets down in the dirt to
> form the human. Having 2 accounts gives a fuller picture of the
> creator.
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Wallace" <wmdavid.wallace@gmail.com>
> To: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:48 PM
> Subject: [asa] Adam, Eve, Garden Myth
>
> > Assuming a theology without a literal Adam and Eve, I have been
> > wondering what the purpose of the Adam and Eve myth is? The
> Cosmos in
> > the Light of the Cross does not deal with this issue. The whole
> account
> > in Gen 2 and 3 does not seem to serve much theological purpose.
> What
> > are we to make of details like the garden, the rib, naming the
> animals,
> > the snake, the apple, the tree of life, God clothing Adam and Eve
> and so
> > on? Of course one possibility is to assume that these 2 chapters
> should
> > not have been included in scripture and thus ignore them totally.
> >
> > Here I am using myth as:
> >
> > **" traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to
> > unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice,
> belief,
> > or natural phenomenon"
> >
> > I am not saying that I accept a theology with Adam and Eve, just
> that I
> > would like to understand.
> >
> > Dave W
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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