Plural Problems (2)

Now the man named his wife [a]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living  Genesis 3:20 NASB Because – What did we learn yesterday?  We learned that Genesis 2:23 recounts that Adam projects the woman’s function with a name, a name that intimately connects her existence to his own, ʾiššâ and ʾšh.  Subsequently, after the punishment…

Plural Problems (1)

Now the man named his wife [a]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living  Genesis 3:20 NASB Eve – But of course he did not name her “Eve.”  I’m sorry, but the footnote in the NASB (“Genesis 3:20 I.e., living; or life”) is absolutely no help whatsoever.  “Eve” is not her name.  That word comes from the…

Not Quite What We Thought

Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.  Genesis 3:20 NASB Mother of all the living– Previous investigation of the crucial story (see Guardian Angel) helped us see that the name given to the woman by Adam was certainly not uplifting.  In fact, there are reasons to believe that…

Fatal Assumptions

Now the man called his wife’s name [h]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Genesis 3:20 NASB Eve – If you’ve read Guardian Angel, you know that Adam did not call his wife Eve. The name he used was Havvah, and it does not mean “mother of all living.” According to the research, this name…

One Leads To Another

And the man called the name of his wife, Eve, because she became the mother of all living.  Genesis 3:20 Eve – Of course, we know that the name Eve is a corruption of the real text.  The man did not call her Eve.  He called her by the Hebrew name Havvah.  Why is it…

The B. B. King Bible

The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.  Genesis 3:20 Eve – We need a new bible translation.  I suggest we call it the “B. B. King Bible.”  Why?  Because “the thrill is gone.”  The relationship between Adam and “Eve” after the Fall is the epitome of B. B….

Ever Deeper

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve because she was the mother of all living.  Genesis 3:20 Eve – God doesn’t make mistakes.  So, when God chose to use the Hebrew language to reveal Himself, it wasn’t an accident.  The Hebrew language is the perfect vehicle to communicate what God wants to share about Himself…