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A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve »

Authors: Michael E. Stone
ISBN-13: 9781555407162, ISBN-10: 1555407161
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholars Press
Date Published: January 1992
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Preface
	Introductory Remarks	1
Ch. 1	Primary "Jewish" Adam Literature	6
1	Apocalypse of Moses	6
2	Latin Vita Adam et Evae	14
3	Slavonic Vita Adam et Evae	30
4	Armenian Penitence of Adam	36
5	Georgian Book of Adam	37
6	Fragmentary Coptic Version	39
Ch. 2	The Chief Critical and Literary Issues of the Primary Adam Books	42
1	Original Language of the Primary Adam Books	42
	Excursus: The Arguments Adduced for A Semitic Original	46
2	Date of the Primary Adam Writings	53
3	Provenance	58
4	Literary Interrelationships	61
5	Researches on Specific Topics	71
Ch. 3	Testimonia and References to Adam Books	75
1	Direct Ancient Testimonies	75
2	Traditions Assembled J. Fabricius	81
Ch. 4	The Secondary Adam Literature	84
1	Adam Writings in Greek	84
2	In Latin	88
3	In Syriac	90
4	In Ethiopic	98
5	In Arabic	100
6	In Armenian	101
7	In Georgian	110
8	In Coptic	111
9	In Old Irish	112
10	In Slavonic	115
11	In Medieval Hebrew	117
12	Other Medieval Adam Writings	118
	Appendix: Note on Gnostic and Mandean Adam Texts	122
	Bibliography and Bibliographical Abbreviations	125
	Index	155