ʾādām

  • Rabbinic Reconstruction (1)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”  Exodus 33:20 NIV   One – Let’s begin this investigation by noticing an important change in the English translation.  The NIV (as above) uses the phrase “no one,” rather than the direct Hebrew “no man.”  The actual Hebrew word is ʾādām, but the NIV translators have offered…

  • Becoming Human

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness;”  Genesis 1:26a  NASB Mankind – A famously misunderstood verse!  ʾādām in this English translation is rendered “mankind,” assuring that the reader will understand it as “everyone of the species.”  Adapted from the paradigm of Greek philosophy, this verse appears to claim that all…