“The most underappreciated aspect of Adam and Eve is
how they continually return to each other after periods of separation. They
start life united, then Eve goes off alone. She could remain apart but instead
returns to Adam. Once out of Eden, they could split, but instead they stay
together. After losing a child, they separate and then reunite and have Seth. This
togetherness in the face of repeated separateness is their first lesson for us:
Learning to mend breaches is central to love.”— American writer and TV
personality Bruce Feiler, “Adam and Eve and Us,” The Wall Street Journal, Mar.
11-12, 2017
(The image accompanying this post shows actors Michael Parks and Ulla Bergryd as Adam and Eve in John Huston’s 1966 film, The Bible.)
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