Life of Adam and Eve and Related LiteratureThe Life of Adam and Eve once belonged to the most popular literature in the Christian world. Retelling the Genesis 3 story, it gives an elaborate description of Adam's death and his assumption to Paradise in the third heaven. His continued existence, as well as his future resurrection, are as much a paradigm for humanity as his transgression, condemnation and death. For a long time attention was focused on the Greek and Latin versions only. More recently, editions of Georgian and Armenian versions have become available, occupying a middle position between the Greek and the Latin. This new material now makes it necessary to sort out the relationships between no less than five clearly related but in many respects different documents. Taken together they present a complex but interesting mosaic of reflections on the human plight, inspired by the Genesis story. |
Contents
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2 The Relationships between the Various Versions and TextForms | 28 |
3 Constitutive Elements and Main Themes in the Various Versions of the Life of Adam and Eve | 45 |
4 Provenance and Date | 65 |
5 Secondary Adam Literature | 79 |
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Life of Adam and Eve and Related Literature Marinus de Jonge,Johannes Tromp No preview available - 1997 |
Common terms and phrases
Abel Acherusian lake Adam and Eve Adam's and Eve's Adam's body Adam's burial Adam's death angels animals Apocalypse of Adam Apocryphal Arm.-Georg Armenian and Georgian ATLC authors of GLAE birth of Cain Book of Adam Cave of Treasures Chapter Christ command concerning Coptic d'Adam et d'Eve death and burial devil different versions Discourse on Abbatôn document earth edition elements Ethiopic Eve and Seth Eve's account Eve's and Seth's Eve's death expulsion from Paradise fall farewell discourse follows Genesis Georg Georgian versions Georgius Syncellus gives GLAE Gnostic God's Gospel of Nicodemus Greek manuscripts Greek text Greek version human incense Jewish Latin version M.E. Stone Mahé mentioned mercy Michael Nagel parallel passage Penitence of Adam protoplasts Pseudepigrapha recension resurrection Satan seduced serpent Slav Slavonic version speech story of Adam's Testament of Adam text-form traditions transgression translation Turdeanu Vie d'Adam vie grecque writing