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to the Theological Focus Paper*The NRSV translates the passage "this man", presumably in order to communicate the sense that it is a specific reference (to the figure of Adam) rather than a gender reference. For the sake of the story, the beginnings of humanity, the theme of community and interdependence is primary here rather than a notion of which gender came first (a fallacy of our dualistic thinking). My emphasis here is upon the purpose of the story, which is not an argument of power and gender preference, but a statement about interdependence in community. "It is not good that people should go it alone". Humanity has been designed for the purpose of interdependence, the seeking of which enables us to discover what it is that completes us; makes us whole.
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