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Edited by distinguished Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough, The New Jerusalem Bible presents the entire Old and New Testaments in engaging and accessible prose ideal for study and reading. Engage each biblical book through informative introductions that address basic questions of authorship, provenance, and other issues of historical importance. The New Jerusalem Bible also gathers an...
o. In Hebrew a play on the words ’ishshah ‘woman’ and ’ish ‘man’. a. The snake here serves as disguise for a being hostile to God and an enemy of the human race; this being is identified with the Adversary or the Devil (Jb 1:6g) in the Book of Wisdom, in the NT and in all Christian tradition. b. The arousal of lust, as first manifestation of disorder introduced into the harmony of creation. c. The Hebrew text, by proclaiming that the offspring of the snake is henceforth at enmity with the woman’s
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