When put to the test Eve’s pressed
to consider that her god
lied when he said she
would die if she ate of the
forbidden fruit from
the Tree of Knowledge of good
and evil as the snake pledged
that she’d become like
her god and be wise but this
deceitful facade
flies in the face of wisdom
being earned through trials and
harsh tribulations
from which all wisdom is learned.
Hence Adam and Eve’s
fall and banishment are not
meant to be punishment but
the consequence of
exercising choice devoid
of blessed omniscience.
This is a story of their
demonstrated free will use
aggravated by
the circumstance of living
independently
to take a stance in a realm
of polar opposites that
will advance the chance
of learned enlightenment through
evaluation
of choices made that dissuade
repetition in the same
situation if
efforts in reflection laid
the foundation for
knowledge acquisition and
transference that relays the
huge importance of
evolution and progress
for gaining traction
toward laying the right ground work
to reunite heavenly
stable conditions.
Eve and Adam’s story is
loss of innocence
and their paradise regained.
[Grace]
Wow! How strange! Your perceptive
sight is frightfully
askew from what the author
knew was simply God’s
wrath towards disobedience.
[Marlene]
Too true, but there’s always been
a strong reference
to the Bible as being
inspired writing.
Katy, siting her B. A.
degree in English Studies,
agrees that higher
literary critiques must
be required to
meet, head on, the issues of
inspiration as being
the motivation
of the compositional
structures informing
the consequential product
displayed as viable Art.
Hence, the art, becomes
its own gestalt that can halt
author’s intention.
Yet, Katy concedes the need
to heed the historical
times that bind authors
to their cultures that usher
in subtle aspects
that reflect tone and content
that can inject nuances
which softly exalt
significant elements
of that history.
Convincingly, Katy’s read
on literary critiques
strongly moves me to
abide by her erudite,
sharp comprehension.
[Grace]
So, if I grasp what you say,
we must weigh, first, if this is
a sacred story
or some secular writing
advancing fine Art.
[Marlene]
First, start from the critical
essence at the heart of both
the secular arts
and those with sacred labels.
Homo sapient
perception precedes any
manifestation of Art.
Hence, secular and
sacred writings emerge from
human perception
of the realities lived.
With The Tower of Babel
placed on the table
of our discussion we’re
able to divine
shimmering nuances that
shine historical auras
from kings wearing crowns
to slithering sly divas
and famed Pandora.
[Grace]
What aura do you believe
you perceive pulsates in Eve’s
tale that illustrates
your skewed view that brews recourse
to traditional
moral understanding of
this straightforward biblical
passage surviving
many ages of thoughtful
interpretation?
[Marlene]
The era of kings and courts
was history’s formation
when these words became
a manifestation of
the Pentateuch’s truths.
Katy, I and others are
no kooks for choosing and then
using structural
context of literary
analysis for
understanding biblical
text that’s vexed conservative
biblical scholars.
Inspiration also has
a fascination
with one’s interpretation
as well as composition.