Ave Maria! Taylor Marshall of Canterbury Tales blog makes the case for ‘”she” shall crush your [Satan’s] head,’ and vows to use this Vulgate version henceforth on his blog.
Genesis 3:15 is the called the Proto-Evangelium (or “First-Gospel”). In this passage, God promises to defeat Satan through the operation of “the woman” and “her seed.” Tradition identifies the “the woman” as the Blessed Virgin Mary and “the seed” as our Lord Jesus Christ.
Historically, there has been a debate over how to translate this verse and render it from the Hebrew. The debate centers on whether God says “he” shall crush Satan’s head or whether “she” shall crush Satan’s head.
via Who Crushes Satan’s Head in Genesis 3:15? (Mary or Jesus?) ~ Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall.
