The Literature of Love Context: The Bible Flashcards
The Garden of Eden and the fall of mankind
Genesis tells of the creation story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden which God created for them to live in. However, the paradise was short-lived when Satan persuaded Eve to eat from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge
Presentation of women as bringers of bad/manipulators
Based on the presentation of Eve in Genesis, many societies and writers have deemed women as the cause of disaster
Cain and Abel
This story of the first ever murder has been very influential in literature. The story concerns the children of Adam and Eve. Both brothers offer a sacrifice to God but because Abel’s is accepted and his is not, Cain murders his brother in a fit of rage
The Sheep and God as the Good Shepherd of his people
In the Old Testament, God is depicted as the shepherd of his people - perhaps best known from Psalms 23:1-6 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want”. In the Gospels, Jesus describes himself as the “Good Shepherd” who cares for his sheep (often understood to mean the Church)
