Life of Adam and Eve and Related Literature.
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
1997.
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Colección: | Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 mat. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (105 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-98) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780567341228 0567341224 1283271001 9781283271004 |