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The verse literally translates to "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus". [2] David Scholer, New Testament scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary, believes that the passage is "the fundamental Pauline theological basis for the inclusion of women and men as equal and mutual partners in all of the ministries of the church."
The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story, [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from different sources.
In the next narrative dialogue, God questions the man and the woman (Genesis 3:8–13), [25] [15] and God initiates a dialogue by calling out to the man with a rhetorical question designed to consider his wrongdoing. The man explains that he hid in the garden out of fear because he realized his own nakedness (Genesis 3:10).
He is neither man nor woman: he is God." [15] [16] The CCC discusses the traditional imagery and language of God as Father. [16] It notes, however, that God is not limited to this role alone—maternal imagery is also used in the Bible. [16] It also notes that human fatherhood only imperfectly reflects God's archetypal fatherhood. [16]
The rabbis, puzzled by fact that Genesis 1 states that God created man and woman together while Genesis 2 describes them being created separately, told that when God created Adam he also created a woman from the dust, as he had created Adam, and named her Lilith; but the two could not agree, for Adam wanted Lilith to lie under him, and Lilith ...
In Genesis 2:18–22, the woman is created to be ezer ke-negdo. Ke-negdo means "alongside, opposite, a counterpart to him", and ezer means active intervention on behalf of the other person. [12] The woman is called ishah, woman, with an explanation that this is because she was taken from ish, meaning "man"; the two words are not in fact connected.
However, God ultimately transcends the human concept of sex, and "is neither man nor woman: He is God." [14] [15] In contrast to most Christian denominations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit are physically distinct while being one in purpose.
The doctrine of the fall of man is extrapolated from the traditional Christian exegesis of Genesis 3. [11] [1] According to the biblical narrative, God created Adam and Eve, the first man and woman in the chronology of the Bible. [1]