Starter quiz
- Genesis 2 is about the creation of ...
- the Earth
- living things
- Adam and Eve ✓
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- When God made Adam, he breathed ______ into him.
- 'life' ✓
- God filled Eden with plants and the __________ of knowledge of good and evil.
- tree ✓
- river
- rock
- fruit
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- God created animal companions for Adam but they were unsuitable, so he created ...
- 'woman' ✓
- Adam is considered a prophet by ...
- Jews
- Christians
- Muslims ✓
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- Jews and Christians consider the first prophet to be ...
- Adam
- Eve
- Abraham ✓
- Ishmael
- Isaac
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Exit quiz
- When we use the discipline of ______ in religious education, we can look at types of text and interpretations of them which can then lead to different meanings.
- 'theology' ✓
- The story of the first sin is known as ...
- The Fall ✓
- The Creation
- Adam and Eve
- The Forbidden Fruit
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- Some sources blame ______ for the first sin entering the world.
- 'Eve' ✓
- The idea of 'original sin' was developed by ...
- Augustine ✓
- Jerome
- Ambrose
- Bede
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- Many Roman Catholic Christians read the story of Eve in a ______, rather than a literal way.
- 'symbolic' ✓
- Most Quakers interpret Eve's story in a symbolic way because they believe ...
- that humans were 'created in God's image' ✓
- that it could never have happened
- that Adam was as responsible as Eve
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Key learning points
- The Genesis account of Eve and The Fall can be read in different ways, depending on the view of its genre.
- Original Sin is a belief that humans are born inclined to sin as a consequence of The Fall.
- The story can be read through different lenses which may influence the interpretation of the story.
- The story of Eve and The Fall has had different impacts on the view of women within Christianity and wider societies.
Common misconception
That all Christians believe in original sin.
Different Christian groups and individuals may believe in original sin or not and even those that do believe in it may have differing interpretations of what it actually means.
Keywords
Literal - taking something exactly as it is stated without intepreting a deeper or symbolic meaning
Original sin - the idea that all humans are born with a tendency to sin because of Adam and Eve's disobedience in the Garden of Eden
Sin - wrong actions, thoughts or behaviours which go against God's laws and commands
Symbolic - something that represents or stands for a deeper meaning or idea
The fall - the event told in Genesis when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, leading to sin entering the world
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