Genesis
2:4-14
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Bereshit 2: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
- Chapter XXVI, On the Soul, Tertullian (c. 210)
- V.IV, V.XXI, VI.IX, VI.XXIX, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- IV.XXXVII, VI.LX, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From Calvin's Commentary on Genesis.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
-
Commentary, Genesis 2:10-14, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Juan M.
Floyd-Thomas, The African American Lectionary, 2010.
- "What if sermons were crafted and enveloped in celebration of black history in order to acknowledge the legacy and the ongoing heritage of their African homeland and to make the continent more relevant to their everyday reality?"
- "Creation of Man and Woman," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "Eden: A Moral Landscape," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
- Parshas Bereishis, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 1:1 - 6:8.
- "The 'Fall' - A Second Look: A Literary Analysis of Genesis 2:4 - 3:24," Dennis R. Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- Environmental/earth-centered reflections, from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental Stewardship Commission.
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Commentary, Genesis 2:10-14, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Juan M.
Floyd-Thomas, The African American Lectionary, 2010.
- Articles & Background:
- "What
is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 and 2,"
Michael Welker, University of Munster. Theology Today, 1991.
- "God saw; God evaluated; God named, God separated; God brings to the human being; God allows to be named; God reacts to the needy situation of loneliness and helplessness of the human being who is not yet differentiated into man and woman. According to the classical creation texts, all of these activities and reactivities are part of the complex event 'creation.' All these reactive activities, which relate to that which is already "produced, " are requisite in order to bring the process of the creation of heaven and earth to a close. God sees, names, separates, and reacts in a differentiated way to the situation and behavior of the human being. What a world lies between this important characteristic of divine creating in the classical creation texts and the concept of unconditional production and causation!"
- "Eve
and Pandora Contrasted," William E. Phipps, Theology Today,
1988.
- "Contrary to prevailing opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of Eve and Pandora are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of awareness of this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western civilization who have mingled these two stories together."
- "Temptation,"
program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and more from the Bill Moyers
PBS series Genesis: A Living Conversation.
- "'The serpent asks the Bible's first question and produces the first conversation.' -- Dr. Leon Kass."
- "The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity," a fine comprehensive site on Genesis 1-3 by Gary A. Anderson of The University of Virginia, and Michael E. Stone of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Adam and Eve, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- "What
is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 and 2,"
Michael Welker, University of Munster. Theology Today, 1991.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Boer, Roland,
"The Fantasy of Genesis 1-3," Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brown, William P., and John T. Carroll,
"The Garden and the Plaza," Interpretation, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Burns, Dan E.,
"Dream Form in Genesis 2.4b-3.24: Asleep in the Garden," Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament, 1987. (Genesis 2:18-24)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - DiVito, Robert A.,
"Old Testament Anthropology and the Construction of Personal Identity,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gnuse, Robert Karl,
"A Process Theological Interpretation of the Primeval History in Genesis
2-11," Horizons, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Parker, Kim Ian,
"Adam: The Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberal?" Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Petersen, David L.,
"Genesis and Family Values," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Walsh, Jerome T.,
"Genesis 2:4b-3:24: A Synchronic Approach," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1977.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yee, Gale A.,
"Gender, Class, and the Social-Scientific Study of Genesis 2-3,"
Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Boer, Roland,
"The Fantasy of Genesis 1-3," Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
- Sermons:
- "Speaking the Name," the Rev. Richard E. Spalding, Chaplain, Williams College, 2004. Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
- With Children:
- "Adam and Eve," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "The Snowman," Dixie Melton, children's sermon submission, sermons4kids.com.
- "Word Search on Genesis 2," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Commercial Site: "Two Become One Flesh," Visual Liturgy/Film, The Work of the People.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns, midi files, scores at Blue Letter Bible/Cyber
Hymnal:
- Arise, All Souls, Arise (Genesis 2:7)
- O Breath of Life (Genesis 2:7)
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study links and resources for the Book of Genesis
