Genesis Panel on Adam & Eve
Amy-Jill Levine
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25 April 2025
21 March 2026
Scholars AJ Levine and Seema Ghazi, pastor and writer Trey Ferguson, and Bible teacher James Early join Steve for a discussion of how the stories of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the garden resonate in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. If the word sin doesn't show up in the first three chapters of Genesis, how do we rethink these narratives?
00:00 Guest Introductions
02:26 Exploring the Creation Stories in Genesis
07:22 The Quran's Perspective on Creation
16:34 Translations and Interpretations of Religious Texts
24:02 Adam and Eve: Success or Failure?
32:52 Trey's Journey and Reflections on Sin
36:30 Seemi's Insights on Islamic Teachings
48:39 James on Learning from Scripture
53:19 AJ on Sin and Human Nature
56:20 Trey on the Communal Nature of Scripture
58:42 Seemi on Gender and Pluralism in Religion
Amy-Jill Levine is a professor of New Testament and Jewish studies and has written many books about the New Testament, including Jesus for Everyone: Not Just Christians.
Seemi Ghazi is a lecturer at the University of British Columbia on Quranic Arabic, with interests in Sufism and comparative mysticism, Islamic and Muslim feminism, theology and exegesis, and Muslim vocal arts.
Trey Ferguson is a minister, writer, and speaker,. He is the author of Theologizin' Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly and host of the New Living Treyslation podcast.
James Early is a Bible teacher and gives talks and conducts workshops for churches and groups. He conducts weekly Bible study classes at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, CT, and hosts The Bible Speaks to You Podcast.
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