Explore how the Adam and Eve story shaped views of gender, sin, and society, with feminist readings, biblical archaeology, and new insights into Genesis.
Eve is shown emerging from Adam’s side. Most translations of the Adam and Eve story say that Eve was created from Adam’s rib, but Ziony Zevit contends that she was created from a very different part of Adam’s body. According to the Bible’s creation account, after making the heavens and the earth, God created humankind.
Explore the biblical story of the creation of woman, from debates over Eve’s origin in Genesis to the “punishment poem” and its impact on childbirth, early Christian symbolism, and the parallels between Adam, Eve, and Christ.
Depicted here are God the Father, cherubim, angels, Adam, Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden in Domenichino’s painting The Rebuke of Adam and Eve (1626). Photo: Patrons’ Permanent Fund, National Gallery of Art.
The Wisdom of Solomon is one text that expresses this view. What is the origin of sin and death in the Bible? Who was the first sinner? To answer the latter question, today people would probably debate whether Adam or Eve sinned first, but in antiquity, it was a different argument altogether. They debated whether Adam or Cain committed the ...
Explore the mysterious figure of Lilith—from ancient Mesopotamian demon myths to her brief biblical mention and later role as Adam’s legendary first wife—revealing how her story evolved across cultures, religions, and modern interpretations.
Was Eve Made from Adam’s Rib—or His Baculum? The Book of Genesis tells us that God created woman from one of Adam’s ribs. But our author says that the traditional translation of the Biblical text is wrong: Eve came from a different part of Adam’s body—his baculum.