Abstract / DOI
Fall of Man: A history of Liberation? Arguing from a close observation of the biblical text, this contribution maintains the traditional understanding that Genesis 3 represents the recounting of the Fall of Man, critically dealing with interpretations wishing to read the narrative as a story of emancipation, cultural progress and the attainment of human autonomy – readings which have emerged in the wake of the radical Enlightenment and German Idealism. The anti-Semitic implications of Idealism’s appropriation and reinterpretation of the narrative are examined likewise.