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...

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Published in:	Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 87; no. 3; pp. 397 - 415
Main Author:	MOSER, TYLER M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Catholic Biblical Association of America Jul2025
Subjects:	Transgression (Ethics) Literary criticism Injunctions Wisdom Compositionality (Linguistics)
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