The Role (and Absence) of Genesis 1–4 in the Argument of 1 Clement

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This essay explores both the presence and the absence of material from Gen 1–4 in the argument of 1 Clement. The Roman authors of 1 Clement cite material from Gen 1–4 twice in their letter to the Corinthians (Gen 2:23 in 1 Clem 6:3 and Gen 1:26–28 in 1 Clem 33:4–6). These two direct citations of material from Gen 1–4 are closely connected to the authors’ aim of appealing for “peace and harmony” within the Corinthian ekklēsia (63:2). Yet equally intriguing is the authors’ claim that death entered the world though “unrighteous and impious jealousy” (1 Clem 3:4). This assertion of death’s origins through the murder of Abel by his brother Cain is supported by an extended citation of Gen 4:3–8 LXX. Yet the narrative of death’s origins related in 1 Clement differs from Paul’s claim that sin and death entered into the world through “one man,” namely, Adam (Rom 5:12–14; cf. 1 Cor 15:21–22). Given the esteem ascribed to Paul in 1 Clement (1 Clem 5:5–7; 47:1), this essay explores the apparent interpretive divergence between the authors of 1 Clement and their apostolic forebear regarding the narrative of Gen 3–4.

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