Adam and Eve
You read through the remainder of the story, and discussed many of the elements that you encountered. Some people were surprised to learn that there is no "apple" featured in the story: instead, reference was made to the "fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Additionally, you noted that the "serpent" in the story did not have any explicit associations with the devil or Satan -- which differed from the accounts that many of you had heard.
Once we were done reading the story, we spent a few minutes clarifying the various punishments that God gave the serpent, Adam, and Eve. Then, we asked you to write down (in bullet-point form) two or three ways that each of the four characters were responsible for Adam and Eve's explusion from Eden. You used a half-sheet to do this: get a copy from the link below:
Character Responsibility
You then paired with other people in the class and added/subtracted/refined your bullet points, based on your conversations. We then listed several areas of responsibility for each character on the board, as in the pictures below:
Finally, we asked you to choose ONE character whom you think is most responsible for Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden. You did so, although some of you were torn between two characters: a majority of you identified God as the primary culprit.
This led to your homework for the next two nights (due Wednesday): to find at least TWO pieces of textual evidence (i.e. direct quotations) from the Adam and Eve story that will support your opinion about the character who bears the greatest responsibility. This evidence MUST be written down on a separate sheet of paper: you should also feel free to use ellipses and brackets if doing so will make your evidence more effective.
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