Unlocking Hidden Meanings: A Fresh Look at the Creation of Eve

[Tim Wexler]

Hello!

I am an independent scholar and researcher with a deep curiosity for ancient cultures and texts. I do not adhere to any religious tradition, but my passion for understanding the mysteries of our past has led me to explore biblical stories in depth. My particular interest lies in the original Hebrew text of the Bible, which I find fascinating both as literature and as a source of historical riddles.

I recently completed a study that might change the way you perceive some well-known biblical stories. In my latest article, I explore alternative interpretations of ancient texts, examining the original meanings of words and hidden symbols that may reveal much more than meets the eye.

For example, we all know the story of Eve's creation, but is it really about a "rib"? Or could the ancient Hebrew term carry a completely different meaning, potentially linked to modern genetics? This perspective opens up new layers of understanding one of the oldest biblical mysteries.

If you're intrigued by ancient texts, symbolism, and unexpected scientific connections, I invite you to check out my article:
https://medium.com/@timwexler/what-eve-really-was-created-from-b5003760f4a

I'm open to discussion and would love to hear your thoughts and exchange ideas. Feel free to reach out to me at tim.wexler70@gmail.com

I look forward to exploring the hidden layers of ancient stories and discussing new insights together!

Thank you for your time,
Tim Wexler

 

[Who Me]

Hello!

I am an independent scholar and researcher with a deep curiosity for ancient cultures and texts. I do not adhere to any religious tradition, but my passion for understanding the mysteries of our past has led me to explore biblical stories in depth. My particular interest lies in the original Hebrew text of the Bible, which I find fascinating both as literature and as a source of historical riddles.

I recently completed a study that might change the way you perceive some well-known biblical stories. In my latest article, I explore alternative interpretations of ancient texts, examining the original meanings of words and hidden symbols that may reveal much more than meets the eye.

For example, we all know the story of Eve's creation, but is it really about a "rib"? Or could the ancient Hebrew term carry a completely different meaning, potentially linked to modern genetics? This perspective opens up new layers of understanding one of the oldest biblical mysteries.

If you're intrigued by ancient texts, symbolism, and unexpected scientific connections, I invite you to check out my article:
https://medium.com/@timwexler/what-eve-really-was-created-from-b5003760f4a

I'm open to discussion and would love to hear your thoughts and exchange ideas. Feel free to reach out to me at tim.wexler70@gmail.com

I look forward to exploring the hidden layers of ancient stories and discussing new insights together!

Thank you for your time,
Tim Wexler

Welcome to the forum.

I'm sorry to say but I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.

yes the Hebrew word, so I'm told, has a number of meaning, but as in english where there are words with different meanings one uses the context to obtain the meaning.
May I suggest you take a look at this sites analysis of the Hebrew and of traditional understanding of the word used.

How Was Eve Created?

What part of Adam was Eve created from?

answersingenesis.org

Just because this site has a very conservative view of Christianity does not mean it is a useful source of information.

 

[Hidden In Him]

If you're intrigued by ancient texts, symbolism, and unexpected scientific connections, I invite you to check out my article:
https://medium.com/@timwexler/what-eve-really-was-created-from-b5003760f4a

It's creative, Tim, and might seem logical on its face, but both Judaism and Christianity were built upon the traditions passed down to them from their founding fathers. In the case of Judaism, the Genesis account was passed on by Moses, and the tradition that arose in succeeding generations was as is translated, rather than rendering the Hebrew as "side." Moreover you would have to account for the LXX. Have you compared the Greek word used to see if it can have the same meaning? The typical translation into English is the same as the tradition, so whatever Greek word is used it supports the traditional interpretation at the very least.

22 And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam. 23 And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.

Blessings, and welcome to our forum.

 

[for_his_glory]

Hi Tim Wexler and welcome to CF

There are no hidden mysteries within the word of God. The carnal mind can not perceive the things of the Spirit and this is why there are so many different interpretations. It's only by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit by being Spiritually born again from above, John 3:5-7, can we understand all truths through the word of God.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Rom 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

1Cor 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
1Cor 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
1Cor 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1Cor 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Cor 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Cor 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Cor 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Cor 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1Cor 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

 

[miamited]

Hi Tim,

I am an atheist. A non-believer. An infidel. But l am a scholar, a researcher, and a very curious person.

With that testimony, I would find your knowledge of the things of God to be highly questionable at best.

Now, I have no problem that God may have meant the 'side' of a chromosome, but mankind would never have understood that if He had caused it to be written with those words. I'm not sure that the ancient Hebrew even had a word that described the chromosomal make up of our bodies. So, it's a great conversation piece and I wouldn't argue the point, but it seems that the intention of the story going into that is that woman was made from man. She was not made directly from God with no other source material, as Adam was. Now I don't see that it has any bearing to the importance of women to God, but I think it is fairly clear in the Scriptures that men and women were created to be joined together in a lifelong commitment to one another and to bear children from that union. God does seem to also clearly explain that there is a hierarchy that holds man as being leader of the homes in which He is glorified.

But you not having that faith and thus the leading of the Holy Spirit that comes with that faith, makes your explanation a good read, but not necessarily true. When God creates something or makes something to work out in our realm of existence, it cannot be explained as to 'how' He does it, other than to just say that He does it. There is an account that God held the sun to stand still in the sky over Jerusalem for nearly a day. Now, we can go with our scientific understanding which would find that to be an impossible event. Or we can go with God's explanation and understand that doing the impossible is what God is best at. He can make the sun to stand still in the sky and the earth to continue sustaining the lives of people in a fairly regular and normal way, but the sun stands in it's place for a great length of time. God can do that. He's God. Performing signs and wonders and what seem like miraculous things to us is what He does.

God caused a baby to be born of a woman whose personal testimony at the time that she was made pregnant was that she had never lain with a man. God can do that! His works in our realm of His creating are all miraculous to us. God can cause a sea to just split in two. Leaving a swath of dry ground for a people to walk through with a wall of water on both their right hand and their left because when God does something in our realm of existence, it seems miraculous to us. It's not something that any human being can do, but God can do it. To cover the entire earth with water seems like just an impossible scenario to us... but God can do it! He created water and He can make water do whatever it is that He wants it to do. He is the ruler of His creation.

So, whether or not God meant to confer to us that He played with the chromosomal make-up of Eve in creating the female; or that He actually took a rib from Adam's rib cage to form the flesh of the woman around, to show the attachment of the male to the female, isn't really an issue for me. And it doesn't really seem to have any real matter of importance to God's creative work in bringing about all that exists and the man and woman as the main creatures for which God created all of this realm.

But, for you I would say, if you've studied the Scriptures so much, answer me this:

How did Daniel know in the mid 500 BC's that a decree would ever be issued to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, that didn't actually come about until some 80 years after his death? How did he know that? But even more importantly, how did he know that the issuance of this decree would start a clock that ended at a point of his explaining to us that 483 years after that decree, Jesus would be living among us? And all of that worked out just as some angel apparently told him that it would. How did Daniel know that these things would happen precisely as he wrote them down for us long after his death? Roughly, that's like you telling me that 500 years from now a great leader will come and 500 years from now he does. How would you know that? Where would you glean that kind of knowledge as to the timing of such a thing?

Trust me friend, there is a God and He has made Himself known to His created through His personal testimony that He caused to be written down for us through the hands of men. And the sooner you understand that and, hopefully, accept God's terms, you too can have the eternal life that He promises to those who love Him.

Oh, and lastly, God even told His people, Israel, that one of the tests to know who the true God is, is prophecy. That what He says will come to pass. How did Daniel know?