Interpretation of Gender in the Bible

Many people believe that the first discussion of relationships between men and women in the Bible starts with the second chapter of Genesis, when God creates Adam and then Eve. Adam was created first, which implies superiority. This superiority is further substantiated when God creates Eve specifically for the purpose of helping Adam: "but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him." Theologians have interpreted this hierarchy to mean that the woman should be submissive to man, who was ordained by God to have dominion over all things on earth. As E. Brunner put it, "The man is the one who produces, he is the leader; the woman is receptive, and she preserves life; it is the man's duty to shape the new; it is the woman's duty to write it and adapt it to be that which already exists." Under this interpretation creativity is the sole privilege of men; women must be content with purely secondary activities.

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