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Jiang compares the transition from oral tradition to literary culture to Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge: knowledge brings shame, nakedness, and exile from a prior garden.
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Adam AND EVE
Jiang compares the transition from oral tradition to literary culture to Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge: knowledge brings shame, nakedness, and exile from a prior garden.
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Jiang reads Augustine's Adam and Eve as saying they were not tricked by the serpent and not simply curious; they were already evil because their pride made them want to become God.
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Because the Bible was redacted for millennia, Jiang says much of the Yahwist's original writing is lost, but he will analyze Adam and Eve and Jacob and Rachel as stories he treats as hers.
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Jiang rejects the mainstream story that Adam and Eve's disobedience is simply original sin dooming humanity until Jesus.
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In Jiang's reading, Yahweh does not banish Adam and Eve merely because they disobey; he fears they will become like God if knowledge of good and evil is joined to the tree of life.
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Jiang defines knowledge of good and evil as knowing what is good or bad for oneself, not as abstract knowledge of God and Satan.
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The garments of skin are read as Yahweh giving Adam and Eve a present after punishment, showing remorse and regret.
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Yahweh's mistake is that he lied to Adam and Eve by saying the fruit was poisonous, which makes their disobedience a reaction to manipulation.
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"...tradition to literary culture is really like the story of Adam and Eve. Where because they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge..."
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"And because of this they are thrown out of the Garden of Eden. with that metaphor. Okay? Oral tradition we leave it behind and..."
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"happen why did Adam and Eve go to heaven and why did they go to hell and why did they go to and Eve..."
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"that's important to understand they were not tricked by the serpent they were not curious they were just evil for pride is the start..."
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"...we know for sure she wrote. The first is called Adam and Eve. The second is the story of Jacob and Rachel. Okay? Alright...."
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"God told Adam and Eve listen, this is the Garden of Eden. It's paradise. You can do whatever you want. Life is easy. Apples..."
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"...we can interpret the story. Okay. So God says to Adam and Eve don't eat that fruit. Okay? And then Adam and Eve are..."
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"And when Yahweh commands them to come out and he sees right away they're embarrassed about their nakedness. They're embarrassed about being confronted by..."
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"...is genius. Because it's telling us why God is banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. It's telling us. It's because there's..."
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"So God's afraid will become like God. Therefore to protect the tree of life he has to banish us from the Garden. Okay? Yeah?..."
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"Therefore it's evil. Therefore I shouldn't do it again. Therefore I should avoid this table. So knowing good and evil means you have the..."
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"...wife and clothed them. This is right after he punishes Adam and Eve. This is right after he scolds them. Right? This is God..."
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