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Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought »

Authors: Philip C. Almond
ISBN-13: 9780521090841, ISBN-10: 0521090849
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Philip C. Almond

Book Synopsis

Fascinating account of the biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Times Literary Supplement - Philip C. Almond

This lucid book covers a wide range of subjects with brevity and wit, quotes generously from the sources and includes a number of suggestive comments.

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	The origin of man	4
2	The perfection of man	33
3	The quest for Paradise	65
4	Animalia	110
5	Adam's rib	143
6	The Fall	173
	Epilogue	210
	Bibliography	215
	Index	231