At 03:35 03.12.00 -0800, Shan Jayran wrote:
> > In the Fall story in Genesis 3, there's no specification of just what
> > the knowledge is knowledge of, other than it's knowledge of good and
> > evil.
>
>I agree. But I find the immediate reaction of Eve and Adam to eating
>suggestive: they felt (sexual) shame and so covered their bodies. This
>suggests (but is implicit rather than explicit) that the knowledge they
>gained was sexual.
But what does "good vs. evil", "shame" and "sexual" mean? If e.g. shame is
an anticipation of a negative, or being still more careful: unpleasant
(probably the cognitive precursor of "bad/evil"), reaction, be it justified
or not, they even had been quite right, as God had forbidden their deed and
also indeed is going to negatively sanction it. But what sense does it make
covering your body when wanting to camouflage that you have committed petty
larceny (so whatever this knowledge gained was, it obviously wasn't a high
IQ score ;-)!!
Best,
Heike
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