RT Article
T1 The Breath of Life: Speech, Gender, and Authority in the Garden of Eden
JF Journal of Biblical literature
VO 138
IS 2
SP 241
OP 262
A1 Chapman, Cynthia R. 1964-
LA English
PB Scholar's Press
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1678801542
AB In the garden of Eden, the man alone receives the direct infusion of the divine breath, a ritual act that not only renders him capable of speech but signifies also his commissioning as one who will speak with and for YHWH to the subsequently formed creatures. The man's failure to speak up during the woman's conversation with the serpent represents his failure to guard the garden and explains why YHWH finds him guilty of the crime of "listening to the voice of your woman".
K1 Christianity
K1 DECISION making; Religious aspects
K1 Eden
K1 Speeches, addresses, etc
K1 WOMEN'S conduct of life
DO 10.1353/jbl.2019.0013