{"id":5171,"date":"2022-01-25T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T22:34:49","slug":"mark-smith-interprets-genesis-without-awareness-of-the-first-singularity-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5171","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Mark S. Smith\u2019s Book (2019) \u201cThe Genesis of Good and Evil\u201d (Part 6 of 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0030 In chapter two, Mark Smith addresses the question, \u201cWhat is the original sin in Genesis 3, according to Scripture and Christian theologians?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do the authors of Wisdom of Solomon 2:24, as well as Saint Paul, Saint Augustine and John Calvin, retrieve from Genesis 3?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0031 What do I mean by the word, \u201cretrieve\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reader is an actuality<sub>2b<\/sub>, virtually situating the author<sub>2a<\/sub>, the intersection of insight<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;and conditions<sub>2H<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The reader<sub>2b<\/sub>emerges from (and situates) the potential of interpretation<sub>1b<\/sub>, in the normal context of retrieve<sub>3b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah, the reader<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;retrieves the author<sub>2a<\/sub>\u2019s insights<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;and conditions<sub>2H<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0032 The two-level interscope is introduced in&nbsp;<em>A Primer on Sensible and Social Construction<\/em>&nbsp;(available at the smashwords website and other sites that market e-works).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a picture for the reader and the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-05-smith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-05-smith.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-05-smith.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-05-smith-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0033 Deuterocanonical texts, such as the Wisdom of Solomon, are not clear about the nature of Adam and Eve\u2019s transgression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither is Saint Paul, who writes a typology.&nbsp;&nbsp;Adam is the type of the one who fell.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jesus is the type of the one who is risen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0034 Saint Augustine proposes that original sin arises in the realm of potential within Adam and Eve, then enters into actuality after the serpent closes the pitch.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, the sales pitch.&nbsp;&nbsp;The potential consists of pride, welling up within Adam and Eve.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is like a boil.&nbsp;&nbsp;First, it wells up below the surface.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then, it ruptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Augustine concludes that an infection of pride condemns all of us because we are all descendants of Adam and Eve.&nbsp;&nbsp;Original sin is like a sexually transmitted disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Augustine\u2019s diagnosis\u2026 er\u2026 interpretation covers both insight<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;and conditions<sub>2H<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The insight<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;is pride as a motive for sin.&nbsp;&nbsp;The condition<sub>2H<\/sub>&nbsp;is infection and transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0035 John Calvin, after assessing many options, claims that the sin of Adam\u2019s transgression is unfaithfulness.\u00a0\u00a0His approach to this conclusion is noteworthy.\u00a0\u00a0He retrieves early Christian authors.\u00a0\u00a0Then, he retrieves the gospels and letters of Paul.\u00a0\u00a0Then he retrieves the Old Testament.\u00a0\u00a0What does he unearth?\u00a0\u00a0Mark Smith is precise, saying, \u201cThe understanding of the conditions of human sin informs Calvin\u2019s understanding of the origins of sin.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Calvin illuminates conditions<sub>2H<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0036 So, Adam\u2019s transgression is like a pustulating infection<sub>2V<\/sub>, where pride seethes beneath the surface then ruptures into rebellion against God\u2019s command.\u00a0\u00a0The conditions<sub>2H<\/sub>\u00a0are unfaithfulness.\u00a0\u00a0Then, the infection transmits from one generation to the next, through acts of procreation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0030 In chapter two, Mark Smith addresses the question, \u201cWhat is the original sin in Genesis 3, according to Scripture and Christian theologians?\u201d What do the authors of Wisdom of Solomon 2:24, as well as Saint Paul, Saint Augustine and John Calvin, retrieve from Genesis 3? 0031 What do I mean by the word, \u201cretrieve\u201d? 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