“In other words, the animals are not similar to the man — in the way that the woman will be. The animals are certainly different from the man, but that is not what the story is interested in. It is… — James V. Brownson Copy Share Image
“This means that the Genesis 2 account cannot be used to argue that heterosexual union in marriage reconstitutes the original, binary, or androgynous ʿadam.… — James V. Brownson Copy Share Image
“The Genesis text portrays marriage as a solution, not for “incompleteness,” but for aloneness (Gen. 2:18).” — James V. Brownson Copy Share Image
The primary movement in the text is not from unity to differentiation, but from the isolation of an individual to the deep blessing of… — James V. Brownson Copy Share Image
“In other words, the animals are not similar to the man — in the way that the woman will be. The animals are certainly… — James V. Brownson Copy Share Image
