Taking a look around

“The covenant/jeremiad formula is a lost paradise script, and one of the most recurring in popular culture.” P.220

Cobb points out that “appetite is frequently associated with the loss of paradise”. Certainly, we can see Adam and Eve losing a perfect home thought their own greed and desires. It was interesting to see that this narrative is so common even in other traditions, like in Buddhist mythology with “Vasettha”. Cobb describes two ways that this “losing paradise” narrative is played out, in both Covenants and Jeremiads. It is interesting that even some of the Oscar-winning movies this year deal with similar themes. This is a topic that continues to be on our minds, well after the original story was written.