{"title":"The “Living Soul” in People and Animals: Environmental Themes from Genesis 2","authors":"R. Gnuse","doi":"10.1177/01461079211019210","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Genesis 2 contains some powerful imagery germane to the discussion of environmental awareness and responsibility. Both humans and animals are described in Hebrew as nephesh hayya', a “living being,” but in English we translate the words differently to maintain our human superiority. We subsequently disown our oneness with the animal realm by brutalizing species of animals throughout the world. Likewise the human is put into the garden to “keep” or “protect” it, which is not what we have been doing with either the world or the animal kingdom.","PeriodicalId":41921,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin","volume":"51 1","pages":"168 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/01461079211019210","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biblical Theology Bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01461079211019210","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Genesis 2 contains some powerful imagery germane to the discussion of environmental awareness and responsibility. Both humans and animals are described in Hebrew as nephesh hayya', a “living being,” but in English we translate the words differently to maintain our human superiority. We subsequently disown our oneness with the animal realm by brutalizing species of animals throughout the world. Likewise the human is put into the garden to “keep” or “protect” it, which is not what we have been doing with either the world or the animal kingdom.
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Biblical Theology Bulletin is a distinctive, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal containing articles and reviews written by experts in biblical and theological studies. The editors select articles that provide insights derived from critical biblical scholarship, culture-awareness, and thoughtful reflection on meanings of import for scholars of Bible and religion, religious educators, clergy, and those engaged with social studies in religion, inter-religious studies, and the praxis of biblical religion today. The journal began publication in 1971. It has been distinguished for its early and continuing publication of articles using the social sciences in addition to other critical methods for interpreting the Bible for contemporary readers, teachers, and preachers across cultural and denominational lines.
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