▲ 123 ▼ Everyone makes incest jokes about Adam and Eve and their children but they never mention that there was another woman named Lilith (Adam's first wife) who would have added variance to the gene pool. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by QueenB@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith
[–] QueenB@lemmy.world [S] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) The confusion comes from Genesis giving two creation accounts of a woman. Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. then later... Genesis 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. It appears that a man and a woman were created at the same time in Genesis 1:27, then later in Genesis 2:22 a woman was created from a rib permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] daddyjones@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is probably a result of the Hebrew literary practice of narrating a story once in poetic language and then again in prose. So it's the same man and woman being created, just retold in a different style. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago This is correct. Context is everything in understanding any historical source. The Hebrew texts are no different, in fact they’re a great case study in this field. They’re littered with complex poems. permalink fedilink source parent [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago My understanding is that these were two separate stories that were compiled into official state religious texts at the time of King Josiah to unify the country under one monotheistic religion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is the origin of the McRib. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Rib was better as a DJ, just put down the mic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Current scholarly consensus is that the Geneses are actually two different accounts, one likely originating in ancient Israel and the other in ancient Judah. It’s why the two stories are so startlingly different when you read them side by side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Exactly. King Josiah is believed to have had religious stories and traditions from both regions of Judah (North and South). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daddyjones@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is probably a result of the Hebrew literary practice of narrating a story once in poetic language and then again in prose. So it's the same man and woman being created, just retold in a different style. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago This is correct. Context is everything in understanding any historical source. The Hebrew texts are no different, in fact they’re a great case study in this field. They’re littered with complex poems. permalink fedilink source parent [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago My understanding is that these were two separate stories that were compiled into official state religious texts at the time of King Josiah to unify the country under one monotheistic religion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago This is correct. Context is everything in understanding any historical source. The Hebrew texts are no different, in fact they’re a great case study in this field. They’re littered with complex poems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago My understanding is that these were two separate stories that were compiled into official state religious texts at the time of King Josiah to unify the country under one monotheistic religion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is the origin of the McRib. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Rib was better as a DJ, just put down the mic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnate@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Rib was better as a DJ, just put down the mic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Current scholarly consensus is that the Geneses are actually two different accounts, one likely originating in ancient Israel and the other in ancient Judah. It’s why the two stories are so startlingly different when you read them side by side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Exactly. King Josiah is believed to have had religious stories and traditions from both regions of Judah (North and South). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Exactly. King Josiah is believed to have had religious stories and traditions from both regions of Judah (North and South). permalink fedilink source parent