Reading Notes for Adam and Eve: Fall of Man Part A

I will be focusing on the Fall of Man chapter in the story of Adam and Eve, by Ginzberg

During the creation of the universe, god creates Adam and Eve to rule over everything that is created.  All creatures, living things, and non living things are for the rule of man.  They are placed in paradise (Garden of Eden) where they have everything they could ever want.  The tree of life is the center of attention in this place, which is a GIGANTIC tree where all the water that irrigates the earth flows.  The other tree, however, is strictly forbidden.  The tree of knowledge.  God promises Adam and Eve that they will be killed if they eat from it.

One day, an evil serpent, Satan, comes to Eve to try to trick her into eating from the tree of knowledge.  She gives in, feels bad and lonely, and proceeds to give the fruit to Adam and all the other creatures she could so they would all suffer the same fate.  God punishes them by making them naked and mortal.

I think I will play off this by having Eve become a god herself when she eats from the tree of knowledge.  She then takes over and creates science and makes the world infinitely more complex than that of the original god.  She forms the world out of fundamental particles and energy rather than elements such as "earth, wind, and fire".  She creates limits such as the speed of light and the Planck length.  She creates basic laws that compound into the beautifully complex scientific field that humanity has to explore.  She forever makes the world interesting.  Always having something else for man to discover.  And it becomes the greatest gift to humanity ever given.  Because Eve decided the world was worth knowing about.  Adam will not eat the fruit in this story, but will witness and give his account of what happened when Eve becomes a god of knowledge.

Bibliography

 Fall of Man chapter in the story of Adam and Eve, by Ginzberg

Adam and Eve sourced via Wikipedia