I’m wondering whether we may have mislabeled Genesis chapter 3. We commonly refer to this the events of this narrative as “the fall.” Fall frames it pretty I wondering what might happen if rather than viewing that narrative as a “fall” or “failure” of some divine test, if we looked at it through a lens of “loss.” Loss of innocence, loss of relations, loss of possibilities, loss of the fullness of life lived in the immediacy of God… even relational rupture would be better than fall… I think.
“Fall” seems to inadvertently make sin the primary issue of the story. Loss – at least in my current thinking seems to do a better job of stressing relationships.
See John Goldingay’s “Old Testament Theology” for more on this.
Peace, dwight
Mislabeled?
