The Sin of Being Human

Some Considerations from the Account of the "Original Fall"

Authors

  • Adrían Taranzano Investigador independiente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.76.n-2014133

Keywords:

Sin, Genesis, Original Sin, Biblical anthropology

Abstract

I do not intend here to enter fully into the complex subject of "original sin" nor into the consequences that have been drawn from a certain way of understanding it, although this would be a necessary question. The purpose of this contribution is less ambitious. Without attempting to discuss all the details of the text or to take into account the abundant existing bibliography, I try to offer first of all a This is an interpretation in which the essence of the text is not given by the aetiology of sin, but above all by an anthropological question: what is man? How is it possible for a human being to know both good and evil, and at the same time be mortal?

Published

2014-03-05

How to Cite

Taranzano, Adrían. 2014. “The Sin of Being Human : Some Considerations from the Account of the "Original Fall"”. Revista Bíblica 76 (1-2):17-54. https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.76.n-2014133.

Issue

Section

Research Studies