From: thangolossus@gmail.com

Thang thusly plagiarised:

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which
the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman. Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent. We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden.
God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it. neither shall ye touch it, lest
ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 {Omitted}

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat.

7 (Omitted)

8 (Omitted)

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him. Where art
thou?

10 {Omitted}

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she
gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou has
done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent. Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head. and thou shalt bruise his
heel.

--Genesis 3:1-15

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
(Give 5 points per right answer.)

1. Melville’s Moby Dick begins, “Call me Ishmael.” We say it is told
in the first person. In what person is Genesis told? From whose
viewpoint?

2. Who is the “good guy” in this story? Who is the “bad guy”? Can you make a strong case for reversal of the roles?

3. Traditionally, the apple is considered to be the fruit the serpent
offered to Eve. But apples are not endemic to the Near East. Select
one of the following, more logical substitutes, and discuss how myths
come into being and are corrupted over long periods of time: olive,
fig, date, pomegranate.

4. Why is the word LORD always in capitals and the name God always
capitalized? Shouldn’t the serpent’s name be capitalized, as well? If
no, why?

5. If God created everything (see Genesis, Chap. I), why did he create
problems for himself by creating a serpent who would lead his
creations astray? Why did God create a tree he did not want Adam and
Eve to know about, and then go out of his way to warn them against it?

6. Compare and contrast Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling panel of
the Expulsion from Paradise with Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights.

7. Was Adam being a gentleman when he placed blame on Eve? Who was
Quisling? Discuss “snitching” as a character flaw.

8. God grew angry when he found out he had been defied. If God is
omnipotent and omniscient, didn’t he know? Why couldn’t he find Adam
and Eve when they hid?

9. If God had not wanted Adam and Eve to taste the fruit of the
forbidden tree, why didn’t he warn the serpent? Could God have
prevented the serpent from tempting Adam and Eve? If yes, why didn’t
he? If no, discuss the possibility the serpent was as powerful as God.

10. Using examples from two different media journals, demonstrate the
concept of “fake news. “



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