Miehen kylkiluustako muka

Myös ihan fundamentaaliset kristityt ovat havainneet, että tuo Genesiksen toteamus muka "kylkiluusta" luodusta naisesta on lähinnä myöhäisrabbiinien väännös, jolla on pyritty vähättelemään naisten merkitystä. Tuo kyseinen sana "Tsela" tarkoittaa itse asiassa pikemminkin puolikasta, toista sivua tai kylkeä:

http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article9106.asp

One may note that the word for ‘rib,’ tsela, is used frequently with the meaning ‘side’ (of a mountain: 2 Sam 16:13; of a building: 1 Kgs 6:5, 8). In this semantic context, Eve’s creation presents itself in a more ambiguous light. She is not simply a ‘rib’ from the humanity but one of its ‘sides.’ And if Eve is a side, the perfect image or portrait of humanity may be obtained only by considering both sides, male and female.

http://www.bibleword.org/genesis4.html

Many different stories about this act of God are told at many times and in many places. Let's find out what God says about it. God caused Adam to go into a sleep like the sleep induced in a surgical patient by an anesthesiologist. The word translated rib is tsela' which, like the word 'atseh (tree - above), is one transliteration of several for a single word. In Hebrew, it is the word tsela' or tselah. To make a long study shorter, it basically means curve. It also means rib and other words. I don't know if God took a literal rib from Adam or not. It is possible to believe God took the curve of the double helix, or DNA from him. Whatever He used, God made the woman of the same race as Adam, which is known in some circles as the Adamic race.

http://www.nccg.org/deliverance/deliverance18.html

Biblically the word rib (Heb. tsela) figuratively means a 'bosom companion':

http://www.alabaster-jars.com/FAQ.html

The word translated "rib" in Gen 2:21-22 is "tsela`" . In every other usage in the Bible (and elsewhere), the word means "side". The concept of rib was introduced in rabbinical teachings which sought to explain women's inferiority.