Life of Adam and Eve and Related Literature

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Life of Adam and Eve and Related Literature is written by Marinus de Jonge and published by Sheffield Academic Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 185075764X (ISBN 10) and 9781850757641 (ISBN 13).

The 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.