followed by punishment.”19 Yet, how clear is the case, to echo Day? His reading bypasses much of the text’s own language as significant clues for reading Genesis 3. A similar problem informs the interpretation of Gary A. Anderson, Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Anderson would understand Genesis 3 through the lens of other biblical texts (such as the Golden Calf story) that illustrate the propensity of human actors to rebel against God.20 The observation is