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Eve was not from Adams Rib

The original Greek says "from his side", those words imply she was next to him, with him.. not from a rib.

  • pleurās (Πλευρᾶς) from his side - Side. This word comes from πλευρά (pleurá), meaning "side".

This rediculous mis-translation to "from his literal rib" has served to constrain Eve's (and women's) origin story into a minimized, subservient, patriarchal (male only) world view. The reality is much more interesting, she was a partner in battle, a trip sitter, a vital assistant in Adam's initiatory rite!

Women did not come from men! This is ridiculous and nonsensical. And would require some super natural intervention (and belief in a fairy tale) or advanced genetic engineering (not likely).

If anything, men come from women (not controversial, that's how nature works).

Of course, it was a massive mistranslation, as we will see below

Sources:

Pleura (πλευρά), Side

πλευρ-ά , ᾶς, ,
A.= πλευρόν, rib, rare in sg., “βοὸς π.” Hdt.4.64; “παρὰ τὴν π. ἑκάστηνArist.HA513b29: pl., ribs, Id.PA654b35.
2. pl., generally, side of a man or animal, “ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖτε ὕπτιοςIl.24.10; of both sides,ἀνὰ πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους23.716; “οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία ἀμφοτέρωθεν μαστίεται20.170, cf. Hes.Sc.430, A.Pr.71, Eu.843 (lyr.): sg., also, of one side, S.OC1260, Aj.834, etc.; a side of beef, etc., PCair.Zen.381.5 (iii B.C., written πλερά): the pl. form is v.l. in E.Hec.826.
II. side, of things and places, “νηὸς πλευραίThgn.513; “χωρίουPl.Sis.388e; [Πακτωλοῦ] D.P. 833; of an army, “αἱ π. τοῦ πλαισίουX.An.3.4.22, cf. 28, Plu.Mar. 25, etc.; “παρὰ π. τινὶ εἶναιPlb.5.26.6; παρὰ π., opp. κατὰ κεφαλήν, IG22.463.72
III. Math., side of a triangle or other figure, Antipho Soph.13, Pl.Ti.53d, 54c, etc.: esp.
b. side of a rectangle, ib.36c: hence, one factor of any product, Id.Tht.148a, Arist. Metaph.1051a26, Euc.7 Def.17, etc.
c. side of a square of cube, and root of a square of cubic number, Id.8.11, 12, Theol.Ar.11; κυβικὴ π. cube root, Ph.Bel.52.4.
d. generator of a cone or cylinder, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.8, 12.
  • πλευρά (pleurá) - generally, side of a man or animal. It's odd they list rib here. But all paths lead to "side" here. Even πλευρόν leads to "side".

πλευρόν , τό,
A.= πλευρά, rib, in pl., Arist.HA496b12, al. (usu. πλευραί).
II. twice in Hom., in pl., side,πλευρὰ . . οὔτησε ξυστῷIl. 4.468, cf. 11.437, Hdt.9.22,72, A.Fr.210, S.Tr.833(lyr.), E.Or.223, etc.; “π. δελφάκειαPherecr.108.16: also in sg., Diog.Apoll.6, Pherecr. 45.5, S.OC1112; “π. ὕειονHermipp.45; “καπριδίουAr.Fr.506.
III. of places, π. νεῶν side of the entrenchment where the ships lay, S.Aj. 874; τὸ δεξιὸν π. the right flank (of an army), X.Cyr.6.3.34, etc.

This ancient text shows the use of pleuras in a biblical context, by other contemporary writers ~300 years after time of the bible authors.

Epiphanius of Salamis, Panarion 26.8

Epiphanius of Salamis wrote the Panarion (also known as Against Heresies) between 374 and 377 CE while serving as bishop of Salamis (on Cyprus).

  • This section falls within his attack on the Gnostics (specifically the Phibionites, also known as Borborites).
  • This section likely written ~375CE
8. Καὶ τὰ μὲν βιβλία αὐτῶν πολλά. ἐρωτήσεις γάρ τινας Μαρίας ἐκτίθενται, ἄλλοι δὲ εἰς τὸν προειρημένον Ἰαλδαβαὼθ εἰς ὄνομα τε τοῦ Σὴθ πολλὰ βιβλία ὑποτίθενται· ἀποκαλύψεις δὲ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἄλλα λέγουσιν, εὐαγγέλια δὲ ἕτερα εἰς ὄνομα τῶν μαθητῶν συγγράψασθαι τετολμήκασιν, αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν σωτῆρα ἡμῶν καὶ κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν οὐκ αἰσχύνονται λέγειν ὅτι αὐτὸς ἀπεκάλυψε ταύτην τὴν αἰσχρουργίαν. ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἐρωτήσεσι Μαρίας καλουμέναις μεγάλαις (εἰσὶ γὰρ καὶ μικραὶ αὐτοῖς πεπλασμέναι) ὑποτίθενται αὐτὸν αὐτῇ ἀποκαλύπτειν, παραλαβόντα αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ ὄρος καὶ εὐξάμενον καὶ ἐκβαλόντα ἐκ τῆς Πλευρᾶς αὐτοῦ γυναῖκα καὶ ἀρξάμενον αὐτῇ ἐγκαταμίγνυσθαι, καὶ οὕτως δῆθεν τὴν ἀπόρροιαν αὐτοῦ μεταλαβόντα δεῖξαι ὅτι «δεῖ οὕτως ποιεῖν

8. And their books are many. For in some Questions of Mary certain things are set forth; others are attributed to the previously mentioned Ialdabaōth; and many books are also ascribed to the name of Sēth. They also speak of other Revelations of Adam, and they have dared to compose different gospels in the name of the disciples. And they are not ashamed to say that our lord of the realm Jesus Christ himself revealed this disgraceful act.
For in the so-called Great Questions of Mary (for they have also fabricated Lesser ones), they assert that he reveals it to her — having taken her up into the mountain, prayed, and brought a woman that was by his side, and began to have intercourse with her. And thus — supposedly — having shared his emission with her, he showed her and said: “This must be done so that we may live.”
  • Πλευρᾶς (pleurās) - Side. This word comes from πλευρά (pleurá), meaning "side".

Context is clear, she wasn't literally produced from a rib (that'd be rediculous), but, from the side of him, that location of the rib, to the side of him while standing there.

boethos (βοηθόος) - supporter in battle

βοηθ-όος , Dor. βοα_- , ον, (βοή, θέω, cf. βοη-δρόμος)
A.hasting to the cry for help or the call to arms, Il.13.477; β. ἅρμα a chariot hasting to the battle, 17.481.
II. aiding, helping, Pi.N.7.33, B.Fr.34:—Subst., helper, prob. Id.12.103, Theoc.22.23, Call.Del.27:—in Prose βοηθός , όν, assisting, auxiliary, “νῆεςTh.1.45: c. dat., “ τοῖς νόμοις β.” Lys.Fr.53.1; freq. as Subst., assistant, Hdt.5.77, 6.100, Antipho 1.2, Pl.R.566b, al.; “τῆς ἐπιτροπῆςBGU1047iii 11 (ii A. D.); “τοῦ στρατηγοῦPOxy.1469.10 (iii A. D.), etc.
The one that comes to the side. Auxiliary, Assistant. Concepts we are dealing with within the cult. Who is the one who is the boethos? That is the Eua, that is the one who cries life (Zoe (Ζωή) == Cry of Life!).

Hasting to the cry for help or the call to arms. We're talking about a medicine woman, a savior of life during a visionary rite.

military/supportive connotation of βοηθός (boēthos) is well-documented, especially in classical and Hellenistic Greek.

βοηθός, ὁ, ἡI. one who comes to aid, an assistant, helper,especially in warfare, a reinforcement— e.g.:
  • Xenophon, Anabasis 6.5.24: στρατηγὸς καὶ βοηθός — a general and his supporting officer
  • Thucydides 6.43: οἱ βοηθοί — reinforcements
  • Euripides, Heracles 1422: “μάρτυρες καὶ βοηθοὶ θεοί”the gods as witnesses and battle-helpers

So:

  • βοηθός is often a battle companion or military reinforcement, not merely a servant.
  • The derived noun βοή (boē) = a loud shout for help, a battle cry — see Iliad 17.361, Plato, Phaedo 117a.
    • Corresponds to Zoe (Ζωή) which is the cry for life!

A supporter in a mystery initiation of symbolic death, will help the initiate survive their initiatory "battle with death" by bringing the battle cry of Life! (Zoe (Ζωή)).

  • Zoe - (Ζωή) - pronounced like Zoë. Means divine life (in the Aion). Everything in the mystery revolves around dzoh-way. The Septuagint calls Eve "life". Her name was a Bacchic shout — life!
  • the supporter of an initiate in an initiation, might cry out 'Ζωή!' (Zōē, Life!), serving to guide the initiate back toward the realm of the living at the appropriate time during an initiatory rite

If initiation sends them to the Aionic realm, symbolically dead, a shout of Ζωή rouses them back to life.

Eve (Eua) is the initiatory death support (Boethos) to Adam, as his soul is educated by the Ophis (ὄφις, serpent, cult name for temple guardian, aka Drakon), in the initiatory death (not by actual death), she shouts the battle cry Life! (Zoe (Ζωή)) to bring him back.

"In the context of mystery initiations, a supporting figure — often seen as a sacred companion or psychopomp — would assist the initiate during their symbolic descent into death. In the midst of this ritual 'battle with death,' the supporter might cry out 'Ζωή!' (Zōē, Life!), serving as a ritual affirmation of vitality and rebirth, and helping guide the initiate back toward the realm of the living."
  • Ζωή (Zōē) in ancient Greek doesn't just mean biological life (that’s βίος); it often connotes divine, eternal, or transcendent life — especially in late Greek, Platonic, and Christian texts.
  • Mystery cults like those of Eleusis, Dionysus, and Isis commonly enacted symbolic death-rebirth rituals, often involving initiatory death, a guide, and a sacred utterance affirming the return to life.

This κύριος was finishing Adam by educating his soul. He pulled her from his side. Jesus does the same thing when he offers semen to Mary in the woods (pulls her from his side, in Epiphanius of Salamis, Panarion 26.8 above).

Genesis 2:18
εἶπεν δὲ Κύριος ὁ Θεός· οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον· ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν κατ᾽ αὐτόν.

“And the divine (Θεός) lord of the realm (Κύριος) said: it is not good for the human (ἄνθρωπον) to be alone; to make him a boēthos (βοηθὸν - a peer in battle; support; someone who rides next to you in battle) corresponding to his likeness.”

  • Kurios (κύριος) - Means lord of the realm or one of the gods. A title used for Jesus Christ in the New Testament (Greek - Nestle 1904) and Yahweh in the Old Testament (Greek - Septuagint / Swete 1930), signifying authority.
  • Theos (Θεός) - Divinity. Later interpreted as god/goddess, or god/goddess means divine person, in literature. But interpreted in the mystery context, in the context of the ancient priesthood, it's a person acting as a god would, or in the state of mind of a god, having achieved godlyness, an enlightened being.

κύριος produces a boethon/boethos (βοηθὸν/βοηθὸς - someone to ride next to you in battle). Where is he going to get one for Adam to take from his side? From the amazons, an Amazon woman.

There’s a sense that Adam is awaiting a peer or co-warrior,
the helper he needs is a peer, martially suitable (brings their own reliability to fight with you in battle), not just a subordinate.

Genesis 2:20
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Ἀδὰμ τὰ ὀνόματα πᾶσι τοῖς κτήνεσι καὶ τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς θηρίοις τοῦ ἀγροῦ· τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ οὐχ εὑρέθη βοηθὸς ὅμοιος αὐτῷ.

“And Adam called the names of all the cattle and birds of the sky and all the animals of the field; but for Adam no boēthos was found like him.”

  • No one like Adam was found to be his battle partner (βοηθὸς)
  • There’s a sense that Adam is awaiting a peer or co-warrior, but checking around to all the animals, none meet that definition of βοηθὸς. He needs someone more like a βοηθὸς than animals possibly can be.
  • the helper he needs must be a βοηθὸς, martially suitable, a reliable leader, not just a subordinate.

This Amazonian woman. The Eua. She’s going to show she is Amazonian. Her Scythian roots. Eve was Amazonian. Skutha (Σκύθης).

  • Σκύθης (Skýthēs) — singular masculine noun, meaning “a Scythian”
  • Σκύθαι (Skýthai) — plural, “the Scythians”

Genesis 2:21

καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ὁ Θεὸς ἔκστασιν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ, καὶ ὕπνωσε· καὶ ἔλαβεν μίαν τῶν πλευρῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνεπλήρωσεν σάρκα ἀντ’ αὐτῆς.

  • pleuroun (πλευρῶν) - "side" is the source of the woman — no rib, just “side.” In the context of βοηθὸς

The concept of a βοηθός as a co-combatant could resonate with cultural ideas of Amazonian women, who were legendary for their prowess in war and riding beside men in battle

Here's another use of "side", means side not rib. Though the puncture is located on/near his rib, that word pleuran (πλευρὰν) means side.

Jesus being stabbed and water pouring from his side

  1. John 19:34
    1. 34. But one of the soldiers with a spear of him pierced the side and came out immediately blood and water.
    2. 34. ἀλλ’ εἷς τῶν στρατιωτῶν λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εὐθὺς αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ.

Discussion

Even if pleuran (πλευρὰν) meant rib, the context is clear, that we're not casting ribs into people using bippity boppity boo magic. Rather, we're presenting a friend or an assistant, who was standing next to us.

Understanding the Garden of Eden as a mystery rite, makes the context of Eve's role as battle-support boethos (βοηθὸς) clear. Adam (Adamas) is being initiated / educated, into death (without actual death) using the thanasemon, and needs Eve's (Eua's) assistance and battlecry of LIFE! (Zoe (Zwh)) to bring him out of the timeless realm of divine Aionic Life (Ἀϊονικὴ ζωή) induced by the (temple guardian) Serpent/Ophis's rite.