The Fall’ is one of the first stories in the Old Testament section of the Bible and perhaps, one of the most well known. Due to its popularity, it has various interpretations ranging from poetry and music, through to art pieces. One particular artist, John William Dey known for his art based on Bible stories, illustrates ‘The Fall’. Using this art as a contrast, the Narrative and Reader response criticism also Christian and Jewish Interpretations are included to analyse this story found in Genesis 3:1-22.
This Painting of Adam and Eve is by an American artist named John William (Uncle Jack) Dey. Before John was an artist, he started out working as a trapper, fisherman, lumberjack, barber and also a police officer. He is known for using model …show more content…
The argument from within the context is about the symbolic content and the literal content. Orthodox Jews are monotheistic they only believe in one God; Their beliefs are guided by the 13 principles of Judaism derived by Jewish Scholar Rabbi Moses Maimonides (Orthodox Jews: Beliefs and Concepts, 2014). In order to live consistent with the Torah, the Jewish book of faith, one must follow these principles. They believe Adam had free will even prior to the sin, otherwise he would not have been punished. although he did not have a desire to do evil, but rather doing evil was just a possibility, an option. Following the sin, doing evil became an internal desire in man. Unlike Orthodox Jews, Conservative Jews believe the Torah contains the laws of Judaism. They also believe God's will is made known to humanity through revelation. The revelation at Sinai was the clearest and most public of such divine revelations (Jewish virtual library, 2016) The Torah also provides a different story to the Bible, such as the Garden of Eden was protected by swords, this evidence certainty draws the too interpretations from each other making each one harder to believe. Christians differ from the Jewish interpretations. Protestant believe in one God but they believe they are the reformed version of the Roman
This Painting of Adam and Eve is by an American artist named John William (Uncle Jack) Dey. Before John was an artist, he started out working as a trapper, fisherman, lumberjack, barber and also a police officer. He is known for using model …show more content…
The argument from within the context is about the symbolic content and the literal content. Orthodox Jews are monotheistic they only believe in one God; Their beliefs are guided by the 13 principles of Judaism derived by Jewish Scholar Rabbi Moses Maimonides (Orthodox Jews: Beliefs and Concepts, 2014). In order to live consistent with the Torah, the Jewish book of faith, one must follow these principles. They believe Adam had free will even prior to the sin, otherwise he would not have been punished. although he did not have a desire to do evil, but rather doing evil was just a possibility, an option. Following the sin, doing evil became an internal desire in man. Unlike Orthodox Jews, Conservative Jews believe the Torah contains the laws of Judaism. They also believe God's will is made known to humanity through revelation. The revelation at Sinai was the clearest and most public of such divine revelations (Jewish virtual library, 2016) The Torah also provides a different story to the Bible, such as the Garden of Eden was protected by swords, this evidence certainty draws the too interpretations from each other making each one harder to believe. Christians differ from the Jewish interpretations. Protestant believe in one God but they believe they are the reformed version of the Roman