On 10 November 2020, Hector Avalos, Prof. of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, published an article titled “A Penis Bone in Genesis 2:21? Retrodiagnosis as a Methodological Problem in Scriptural Studies” on The Bible and Interpretation website. In it, he wrote that “Zevit specifically asserts that the Hebrew word sela ... in Genesis 2:21 refers to a penis bone (os baculum), not a rib, in speaking of the creation of Eve. This essay will show that none of the arguments adduced by Zevit, including those drawn from Alan Dundes’ research on the practice known as couvade, will yield the results he asserts for Genesis 2:21.”

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