Reading Notes: Eve, Part A

This week, I chose to read a Biblical story for Reading A.

Particularly, I read the story about the formation of Eve.
In this story, Eve has more attributes that seem to be worthy than Adam has. God seems to recognize that all the ways in which he made Eve are contrary to how Adam was built, and he recognizes these differences by seeing Adam negatively and Eve positively. For example, the story says that Adam was made with pride and with a tendency to eavesdrop and envy, while Eve was made the opposite way.  Nonetheless, the couple still got married and stayed together throughout history.

It's interesting to think about how gender norms today began, dating as far back as the first man and woman alive (Adam and Eve). It would be interesting to see the differences today if history were to recognize that God first created a woman. Would this change how women and men have been seen ever since? In this particular story, Adam came from the ground up and Eve was built "far more complicated." It'd be interesting to rewrite this story in the opposite way, and see how the differences change gender norms still practiced today.

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