Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum Text

The Holy Bible is a work of men. The few actual witness accounts are predominantly from men, the recording after the fact was by men, the translations were by men and the recording into written form by men. The natural result was a distinctly patriarchal set of values and traditions that were taken from granted for centuries. Lanyer was one of those who noticed that on some very important issue, the conventions did not align with the only important facts supporting them: the words of the Bible itself. For instance, God had granted Adam dominion over all of Adam, thus making anything that happened there ultimately his responsibility, not Eve’s, the Fall from Paradise was due to Adam’s failure as a caretaker rather than Eve as a dupe of the devil. The theme is also explored by calling into question why Eve’s taking a bite from a forbidden fruit has been invested with consequence that seems to make it an exponentially more sinful act than when a group of men would later assassinate the actual son of God.