"And the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many" (Moses 1:34, Pearl of Great Price).
"I am large....I contain multitudes" (Walt Whitman, Song of Myself, ll. 1316).
I wonder out loud if when God calls the first man Adam, if that is in reference not only to progeny, but also to the near-countless multitude of identities, both extant and potential, that every man contains within himself (for "I am made all things to all men" (1 Cor. 9:22) writes St. Paul), of which Adam would be but the archetypal first example.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment