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Originally Posted by Nell
Correction/s to my previous posts
I misquoted Jane previously and would like to apologize for my mistake and make the necessary corrections.
Nell: As I said "...She (Jane) also noted that nowhere does the Scripture say that God put Eve out of the garden."
Correction: This should be credited to Bushnell (Kindle loc 1102). Jane was careful not to state this speculation as her own in the book. It’s only a possibility and food for thought, and because it was not necessary to make the main argument.
Nell: Further, as Jane has theorized, Eve chose to follow Adam out of the Garden.
Correction: Again, this was Bushnell’s theory, not Jane’s.
Two quotes from the book:
In Chayil: "The word 'turning' in Genesis 3:16 reveals that it was Eve's choice to 'turn' from God to Adam. This reference to her turning to Him maymean that she was not driven out of the garden with Adam, but that she chose to follow him out. Regardless, in this verse, God was warning Eve that, because of her turning to Adam, Adam would rule over her.” (bold added)
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"Whether she went out of the garden of her own volition or not, it is clear that God saw her turning away from Him to Adam and warned her of the danger of doing this.”
I apologize to everyone for my mistake/s.
Nell
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Bushnell subscribed to a feminist theology prevalent at the time, and this has come through in her speculations. If I was Jane and writing the book, I would probably stick to the main argument and omit such speculations by Bushnell. If the translation errors are in fact genuine translation errors and not slanted because of feminist bias, these should be able to stand alone and be accepted as such also by male Greek NT experts such as Wallace whom I quoted previously. I tried to find male scholars who agreed with Bushnell but is difficult to find them.