A religious academic has kick up a blasphemous tempest by saying the scriptural creation myth really intends to say that God created Eve out of Adam ’s penis bone .

The claim add up from a book called " What Really happen In The Garden Of Eden "   by Professor Ziony Zevit from the American Judaic University in Maryland . The book was published in 2013 , although has late reemerged and get to up Christians after a review in the September / October issue of theBiblical Archeology Review .

The theory came to Zevit after translate and studying the Hebrew text of Adam and Eve in the Genesis story of the Old Testament . Zevit believes the Hebraic watchword " tsela "   does not translate as " rib , "   but instead can be understood to think " limbs perplex out sidewise from an good human body . "

As men and charwoman do really have the same amount of rib ( and any other sideways stick limb , for that matter ) , Zevit believes this is how the ancient Israelites attempt to explain the uniquely boneless human penis .

Human males   are one of the few specie of mammal who do n’t have a baculum   ( a penis off-white ) . Bears , bats , cats , walruses and even our close living relative   –   the chimpanzee   –   all have the bone .

Much of modernistic scriptural study attempts to use nomenclature , poetics , linguistics and literary theory to understand how the story were perceived in its original context . Despite this , many have take Zevit ’s call with bang-up offense .

" I spell to press out my disappointment with your cartridge clip . I wish to scratch my subscription , " a referee of the   Biblical Archeology Review said , reportedThe Daily Mail .

" That is simply not a Bible teaching , " read another .   " I do not need and will not read article that damage my faith or attempts to cause me to doubt what I eff is the truth from the Bible . "

Another reviewer said the theory was " all unconvincing , "   " nonsensical "   and " outlandish . "   They added :   " As Jesus scathingly say : ' You unsighted guide ! You strain out a gnat and swallow a camel . '   ( Matthew 23:24 ) . "