So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.10 Middleton’s thorough study confirms that the most natural way to understand this language is as a royal-functional image, in which Adam is God’s representative on earth, called on to do the work of God after him.11 He also suggests that there is a priestly or cultic dimension to this role, which is linked to a ‘Garden as Temple’ symbolism.12 Recently, Carly Crouch has proposed that in the light