Dying Adam with his multiethnic family : : understanding the Greek Life of Adam and Eve / / Michael D. Eldridge.
The Greek Life of Adam and Eve addresses the issue that every individual in every generation needs to face: the prospect of pain and sickness leading to death and beyond that the great unknown. But what kind of message does this writing bring to its readers? What kind of 'salvation' does i...
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| Superior document: | Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha ; 16 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2001] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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- The first comprehensive attempt to provide an interpretation of this ancient text. Narrative criticism and speech act theory are deployed. A Jewish rather than Christian provenance is argued for, and its bearing on possible Jewish missionary activity is assessed.