Is Genesis 3 really about a talking snake? Or is something deeper hiding behind the ancient word serpent?

In this episode of the Buried Bible Podcast, Keagan Walz (the layman) and Dr. Mark Chavalas (the scholar) explore one of the most misunderstood and theologically loaded characters in Scripture: the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Is it just a snake? A symbol of evil? A divine being in disguise?

We break down how ancient Near Eastern readers would have understood the serpent, why Eve doesn’t react to a talking animal, what divination has to do with the story, and whether Genesis is hinting at far more than zoology. This conversation flips familiar assumptions upside down—and may just change how you read the Bible.

🔥 In This Episode:

➡️ Is the “serpent” really a snake—or a heavenly being?

➡️ What ancient audiences knew about talking animals and divine beings

➡️ Why divination, shininess, and wordplay matter in Genesis 3

➡️ How the serpent is connected to underworld imagery and cosmic rebellion

➡️ The curse of crawling and eating dust: humiliation or mythology?

➡️ What “enmity between your offspring and hers” might really mean

➡️ Why early interpreters connected this being to Satan—and what the original audience actually understood

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