Oct
03
Cleaving the first Human in two (Alternate Reading of Gen 2)
I came across Suzanne McCarthy’s translation of Gen. 2:20b-24 last night:
but for earth creature (adam) there was not found an adequate protective companion for it. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon earth creature (adam), and it slept: and [God] took one of its sides, and closed up the flesh [...]