The Hebrew word for “ground” is adamah. That’s the reason that the first human being, created from the “dust of the ground,” is named Adam. The first human being, according to the second chapter of the book of Genesis, is a gathering of dust, not even airborne dust, but the dust of the ground, deliberately shaped and miraculously animated to walk upright. But of course he’s more than that. For he is also imbued with free will. He could not be created otherwise and be human.
On the Creation of Adam
On the Creation of Adam
On the Creation of Adam
The Hebrew word for “ground” is adamah. That’s the reason that the first human being, created from the “dust of the ground,” is named Adam. The first human being, according to the second chapter of the book of Genesis, is a gathering of dust, not even airborne dust, but the dust of the ground, deliberately shaped and miraculously animated to walk upright. But of course he’s more than that. For he is also imbued with free will. He could not be created otherwise and be human.