Recommended Readings:

• Nahum M. Sarna, Understanding Genesis (New York: Schocken, 1966), 23–32.
• James Barr, The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality (London: SCM, 1992).
• Phyllis Trible, God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978).

Articles: (click to view)

• “Uproar over artist’s painting of God as a black woman” by Raquel Laneri
• “Eden” by Dexter Callender
• “Eden, Garden of” by Emil G. Hirsch, Mary W. Montgomery, Solomon Schechter, Judah David Eisenstein, M. Seligsohn

Sermons: (click to view)

• “The Garden of Eden” by The Rev. David Gunderson
• “Snake Bite” by The Rev. Sheila C. Gustafson
• “With Full Submission” by The Rev. Kari Nicewander (note: this sermon includes descriptions of sexual assault)

Art: (click to view)

• “Adam and Eve” by Fernando Botero
• “Adam and Eve” by Lucas Cranach the Elder
• “Adam and Eve” at Abreha and Atsbeha Church, Ethiopia