Homo Faber in J's Primeval History

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Robert S. Kawashima]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2004
Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 116/4(2004-10-01), 483-501
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a In this article, I take up the theme of the >>origins of culture<< in J's Primeval History. On the one hand, I try to clarify further the etiological intent of these stories. On the other hand, I broaden the scope of the interpretation, by placing this theme within J's larger objective: to define the >>human condition<<. Specifically, J portrays the human condition as a struggle with reality as it emerges in Gen 2-3. The initial plenitude of the garden - the abundance of nature, the absence of death, the presence of Yahweh - gives way to want - natural scarcity, human mortality, divine absence. But J's conception of >>human nature<< grants mortals god-like creativity and freedom. Their ingenuity and resourcefulness thus enable them to survive in the midst of an often hostile environment. In the process of compensating for this threefold lack, humans construct their uniquely mortal existence: civilization in response to a cursed nature; fame in response to a foreshortened life; worship in response to a distant God. In this way, humankind comes to define itself as homo faber, >>man the maker<<. 
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