Corresponding to Him The Message of Gender Equality in the Biblical Account of the Garden of Eden Raanan Eichler Th e Torah tells two di ff erent stories of the creation of the human race . Th e fi rst Genesis 1 : 1 – 2 : 3 ( emphasizes the parity of men and women and their equal ( share in the image of God , which is their essential attribute ) 1 : 27 ; 5 : 1 b – 2 ( . Th e conventional view is that the second creation story ) Genesis 2 : 4 – 3 : 24 ( , the “ Eden Narrative , " presents the sexes as unequal . In the standard reading , here the man is the important fi gure , while the woman is only his subordinate “ helper " ) 2 : 18 – 20 ( . She is fashioned from his rib ) 2 : 21 – 23 ( , meaning that he is the whole and she only a part . And at the end of the story , God himself stipulates that woman ’ s destiny to be controlled by the man ) 3 : 16 ( . Th e present article shows that this perception of the story is mistaken and that a careful and closer reading uncovers a view of the...
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