The Greek Life of Adam and Eve / / John R. Levison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Levison, John R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXIV, 1235 p.)

For the first time, Jack Levison offers the English-speaking world a comprehensive commentary on the Greek Life of Adam and Eve, an epic of pain, death, and hope. An exhaustive introduction clarifies issues of literary character, manuscripts and versions, and provenance; the commentary itself provides rich discussions of the Greek text, illuminated by Jewish scripture and ancient Greek and Hebrew literature. Fresh translation and bibliography.

The Greek Life of Adam and Eve is a brooding epic that explores experiences of disease, death, and hope through a riveting reinvention of the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Seth. Now, for the first time, Jack Levison offers the English-speaking world its first comprehensive commentary on this saga. The introduction offers analyses, sweeping in scope and rich in detail, for which no comparable discussions exist in any language. Chapter one details literary character—narrative flow, characters, and reconstructions of literary growth. With consummate clarity, chapter two brings order to the scholarly chaos surrounding Greek manuscripts, Greek text forms, versions (Latin, Armenian, Georgian, Slavonic), and the history of research. Chapter three investigates provenance: external references to the Greek Life and evidence for either a Jewish or Christian origin; Levison demonstrates that arguments for either a Jewish or Christian provenance cannot bear the weight scholars have laid on them. The commentary is equally comprehensive, with far-reaching discussions of the Greek illuminated by the foreground of Jewish scripture and the milieu of ancient Greek and Hebrew literature. With a fresh translation and bibliography.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: The Greek Life of Adam and Eve as Literature -- Chapter 2: Manuscripts, Greek Text Forms, and Versions -- Chapter 3: Origin of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve -- Chapter 4: Translation -- COMMENTARY – TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND NOTES -- Excursus: Significant Additions and Revisions in Translation -- GLAE 1 -- GLAE 2.1–3.1 -- GLAE 3.2–4.2 -- GLAE 5–6 -- GLAE 7–8 -- GLAE 9 -- GLAE 10–12 -- GLAE 13 -- GLAE 14 -- GLAE 15 -- GLAE 16 -- GLAE 17 -- GLAE 18–19 -- GLAE 20 -- GLAE 21 -- GLAE 22 -- GLAE 23 -- GLAE 24 -- GLAE 25 -- GLAE 26 -- GLAE 27 -- GLAE 28 -- GLAE 29 -- GLAE 30 -- GLAE 31 -- GLAE 32 -- GLAE 33 -- GLAE 34 -- GLAE 35 -- GLAE 36 -- GLAE 37 -- GLAE 38 -- GLAE 39 -- GLAE 40 -- GLAE 41 -- GLAE 42 -- GLAE 43 -- Translations of Ancient Sources Used in This Commentary -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Names and Subjects