First Unitarian Congregation Of Ottawa

October 20th, 2019 - The story of Adam and Eve has been ubiquitous over the years in art, literature, comedy, and theatre where women are portrayed as wily temptresses rendering men defenceless (and blameless). Our Rev. Patricia Guthmann Haresch asks: What might the original author(s) of the story intended? What innovations did the author(s) make to the older underlying stories and why? What inferences did the people of the time make when they heard these stories? What new understandings might we gain about the story's message about humanity's "proper place" in Creation?