Jim Arraj has been doing a lot of research and reflecting on this topic lately. Here's a summary:

- http://innerexplorations.com/chtheomortext/first.htm

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Originally posted by Phil:
[qb] http://innerexplorations.com/chtheomortext/first.htm [/qb]

It's an interesting question and one that identifies sophisticated problems with the attempt to view Genesis historically. As I understand it, in the Orthodox Church the real significance of the Fall is its relevance to the individual rather than is application to humanity as a whole. We each experience the Fall when we take on bodies and inherit ancestral sin.