Where does analyzing the gendered Hebrew text in the opening chapters of Genesis take us when it comes to the creation of man and woman? See Chapter 8

Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Francis Etheredge on his book: Scripture: A Unique Word:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/wcatradio/wcat-radio-author-to-author-122220

The book can be found at:

https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-6044-4

CONTENTS

Foreword by the Rev. Dr. Robert Letellier

Scripture is a Uniquely “Wild” Word................................................................. 1

Part I: A Preamble to the Question of Scripture Being a Unique Word

Chapter One.......................................................................................................... 28

From Person to Person: A Reflection on the Work of Pope John Paul II

and the Possibility of Interpersonal Communication

Chapter Two.......................................................................................................... 46

“The Word became flesh (Jn 1: 14): this poor man called and the Lord heard him” (Ps 34: 6): A Dialogue with Scripture, Tradition,

the Magisterium, and the Contemporary Situation, about the Identity

of Man, Male and Female, from the Perspective of the Man

Chapter Three..................................................................................................... 117

Contemporary Questions with which to Begin: What Kind of Account

is the Opening Chapters of Genesis; What is the Relationship

between Science and these Early Chapters of Genesis; and How Does

the Study of the Covenant Help Us Engage with What Scripture Is?

Part II: Gathering Insights and Methodological Principles

Chapter Four....................................................................................................... 144

Making Sense of Scripture: A Unique Word

Chapter Five........................................................................................................ 153

On the Interrelationship of Text Authorship and Destination

of the Letter to the Hebrews

Chapter Six.......................................................................................................... 177

The Letter to the Hebrews: Starting to Form Hypotheses about the Purpose of a “Part” of Scripture and Beginning to Engage in the Dialogue between “Idea” and “Text”

Part III: Scripture, Ecumenism and Bioethics 

Chapter Seven..................................................................................................... 196

Philosophy and the Faith of the Biblical Author

Chapter Eight...................................................................................................... 222

Creation: The Archetypal Action of God

Chapter Nine....................................................................................................... 258

Cardinal Ratzinger’s Call for a Restoration of the Catechesis on Creation, with Particular Reference to Genesis 1-2 and the Catechism on Creation

Part IV: A Dialogue with Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium, on the Conception of the Person

Chapter Ten......................................................................................................... 266

A Reflection on the Language of the Body

Chapter Eleven................................................................................................... 282

"Your eyes beheld my unformed substance" (Ps 139: 16):

The Unspeakable Crime of Abortion (Evangelium Vitae, 58)

Chapter Twelve.................................................................................................. 289

Life “from” Life: A Reflection on the Moment a Person Comes to Exist

Part V: Covenant, Sacramental Marriage and Fruitfulness

Chapter Thirteen................................................................................................ 338

The Covenant is ‘the interior thread of Scripture itself’ (Cardinal Ratzinger)

Chapter Fourteen................................................................................................ 355

Sacramental Marriage is a Liturgical Act: Scripture, Tradition

and the Magisterium in Dialogue

Chapter Fifteen................................................................................................... 399

The Old and the New: Physical and Spiritual Fecundity; A Brief

Reflection on the Interrelationship between Creation in Genesis,

the Incarnation and the Fruit of Children

Epilogue. 410

Bibliography. 422