The Myth of Adam & Eve and the endurance of Christianity in the West

<p>The Myth of Adam & Eve and the endurance of Christianity in the West - A matter of interpretation</p><p>This book suggests that: </p><p><br></p><p>1)            in the Hebrew myth Adam and Eve were a couple of hominins pretty much like any of the human ancestors we have discovered lately; </p><p><br></p><p>2)            the Hebrews had a much more sophisticated realistic and intuitive idea of evolution than what is believed nowadays and that explains many points in the Bible that had no explanation until now; in fact what is stated here is that they were proto-Darwinian; </p><p><br></p><p>the innovation of the Greek concept of spirit (<em>psyche</em>) introduced by St Paul when he interpreted the Book of Genesis resulted in a new self-perception of the individual (<em>esse est percipi</em>) that changed forever the course of history because when he misinterpreted or misrepresented the <em>Tanach</em> he spiritualised and separated humanity from the rest of the animal kingdom. Western cosmovision and advancement grew from that new vision.</p>