WGS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Old High German, Cædmon Manuscript, Genesis B

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS101
• Professor: Felice Lifshitz

Document Summary

Exegesis of god"s command to avoid the tree: Augustine blames homo in general (the rst couple) or adam in particular for disobedience. There are subordinate discourses that do not blame eve for bringing sin into the world: heredicated early christian theologies. Gnostic christian groups particularly in the 2nd century ce. Marcion (c. 85 - c. 1690) and valentinus (c. 100 - c. 160) are prominent theologians. Dualist - world in con ict w/ principle of matter (evil) and principle of cosmos (good) Abstain from sex (to prevent making more matter) and ingesting matter (veganism) Creator god is evil, because he created matter and trapped us in it. Then the snake is a symbol of wisdom who tried to save the rst people by encouraging wisdom, the universal mother. The woman (eve) is heroine because she responded to the saviour and helped adam: anglo-saxon genesis b . Original and dramatic retelling of the fall of the angels and the fall of man.