The Serpent: A Symbol In The Genesis
Jai Chahal
Mr. Corte
THE – 470
17 April 2016
Serpent (As Symbol)
The Serpent had seduced Eve to make her eat from the Tree Of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, which was forbidden to do. The Serpent was quite smart and it did not take him much time to convince and trap Eve into his vision. It was later cursed by God like no other animal on this planet, it was forced to move on its belly. In the Genesis, there is a lot of use of symbolism such as garden, trees, river, etc. In the same way, The Serpent is a symbol, a symbol which shows the quality of highly effective symbolism as it played a huge role in the Genesis. The Serpent thus can be referred to be real but with a special nature of its own. The Serpent could have had been a symbol of a
Mythological Monster, a natural snake regarded as having magical powers, a symbol of life or a fertility symbol. There had been a notion as to how both Moses and the Egyptian court magicians had changed their wands into serpents and again back into wands hence it can be referred to be a symbol of a natural snake having magical powers. The serpent to could have had been a fertility symbol because it had forced the women toward motherhood by tempting her, for the fruit of the tree of knowledge which is linked to sexual desire and having carnal knowledge. For the Serpent to be a symbol of a Mythological Monster, it is mentioned in both AM 9.3 and JB 26.13 that a serpent dwells in the sea. Also, in Rv 12.9 the serpent is mentioned to be a dragon. For it to be a Symbol Of Life, in Egypt the serpent had been equated with the plant of life in its mouth, which tells us that it was both a Symbol of Life and Wisdom (mouth). Overall, the Serpent was considered to be a bad thing, which caused Eve to Sin and hence was punished by God and this actually became the main major them throughout the Genesis and helped in shaping the Genesis. Hence, The Serpent was the most influential Symbol in the Genesis.
Works Cited
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version. New York: American Bible Society, 1989. Print.
The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers. Second ed. New York: Encylopedia, 1917. Print.
Mr. Corte
THE – 470
17 April 2016
Serpent (As Symbol)
The Serpent had seduced Eve to make her eat from the Tree Of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, which was forbidden to do. The Serpent was quite smart and it did not take him much time to convince and trap Eve into his vision. It was later cursed by God like no other animal on this planet, it was forced to move on its belly. In the Genesis, there is a lot of use of symbolism such as garden, trees, river, etc. In the same way, The Serpent is a symbol, a symbol which shows the quality of highly effective symbolism as it played a huge role in the Genesis. The Serpent thus can be referred to be real but with a special nature of its own. The Serpent could have had been a symbol of a
Mythological Monster, a natural snake regarded as having magical powers, a symbol of life or a fertility symbol. There had been a notion as to how both Moses and the Egyptian court magicians had changed their wands into serpents and again back into wands hence it can be referred to be a symbol of a natural snake having magical powers. The serpent to could have had been a fertility symbol because it had forced the women toward motherhood by tempting her, for the fruit of the tree of knowledge which is linked to sexual desire and having carnal knowledge. For the Serpent to be a symbol of a Mythological Monster, it is mentioned in both AM 9.3 and JB 26.13 that a serpent dwells in the sea. Also, in Rv 12.9 the serpent is mentioned to be a dragon. For it to be a Symbol Of Life, in Egypt the serpent had been equated with the plant of life in its mouth, which tells us that it was both a Symbol of Life and Wisdom (mouth). Overall, the Serpent was considered to be a bad thing, which caused Eve to Sin and hence was punished by God and this actually became the main major them throughout the Genesis and helped in shaping the Genesis. Hence, The Serpent was the most influential Symbol in the Genesis.
Works Cited
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version. New York: American Bible Society, 1989. Print.
The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers. Second ed. New York: Encylopedia, 1917. Print.