Before They Were Cursed: A Literary (Re-)Assessment of the Eden Narrative.
In this article, I engage in the ongoing debate concerning the compositional development of the Eden narrative (Gen 2:4b–3:24), arguing that the latter half of the text (2:25–3:24) is composed of two intertwined literary strands. The first (2:25–3:7 and 3:22–23) represents an earlier and distinct na...
| Publicado en: | Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 87; no. 3; pp. 397 - 415 |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
Jul2025
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