Thursday, January 29, 2015

Extra Reading Diary: Adam and Eve

For my extra unit this week, I decided to read something from the Biblical Traditions. The unit I chose was Adam and Eve. I thought it might be good to change things up since I had been reading from the Classical Greece units for the last two weeks. It was a nice change of pace, especially since I'm sure we all know the general story of Adam and Eve. I mean I grew up just knowing the simple story of them being tempted by the devil, of course disguised as a snake. After reading the first half of this unit, I really came away with two parts that I liked the most.

The first chapter that really had me interested was the first chapter, The Creation. Like the story of Adam and Eve being tempted by Satan, I was also familiar with the creation of man and woman by God, although I had never necessarily read anything that encompassed this. Although I'm not very religious, this chapter seemed very powerful with words to me. I am a sucker for love though. Hence, why I thought one part was particularly my favorite:

"And Adam said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

To me, this statement in itself seems really powerful, not only from a religious standpoint, but from that of a soul mate perspective. I guess I'm just a weird romantic at heart.

 The second part I really enjoyed reading was that of Paradise. Everyone always had there own depiction of what his or her paradise would be. In a Biblical standpoint, this chapter gives a great description, although opinions may differ on the matter. It was crazy to think that Adam had it so easy. I mean angels bringing him food and wine, jus

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