Dorey, Pieter Johannes2008-05-122008-05-122007Dorey, P 2007, 'The Garden Narrative (Gen 2:4b-3:25) - perspectives on gender equality', Old Testament Essays, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 641-652. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html]1010-9919http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5209The Garden Narrative's ideological function is not to construct reality and gender from a patriarchal perspective and to confirm and handle these concepts as a natural creation phenomenon (Stratton 1995:209). Man is not portrayed as the norm for God's creatures. He should not be seen as the centre of creation and of God's attention alone. It is a one-sided endeavour to utilize Genesis 2-3 in order to devalue women to a submissive and inferior creature in creation. A literary-historical reading of the Garden Narrative (Gen 2:4b-3:25) is helpful to determine a balanced view and meaning of the text with regard to gender equality197067 bytesapplication/pdfenOld Testament Society of South AfricaGender equalityBible -- O.T. -- Genesis II-III -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Sex discrimination against women -- Biblical teachingPatriarchy -- Biblical teachingArticle