Description
Book SynopsisA reader on the 2,000-year-old debate about the meaning of the story of Adam and Eve.
Trade Review[A] unique collection of texts on the theme of Adam and Eve from the perspective of gender relations.Ju;ly 2002
* Religious Studies Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
General Introduction
1. Hebrew Bible Accounts
2. Jewish Postbiblical Interpretations (200s BCE-200 CE)
3. Rabbinic Interpretations (200-600s CE)
4. Early Christian Interpretations (50-450 CE)
New Testament (c. 50-150 CE)
Extracanonical Sources
Church Fathers
5. Medieval Readings: Muslim, Jewish, and Christian (600-1500 CE)
Islam
The Qur'an (c. 610-632)
Muslim Interpretations
Judaism
Midrashic Themes
Christianity
6. Interpretations from the Protestant Reformation (1517-1700 CE)
7. Societal Applications in the United States (1800s CE)
Antebellum Debates on Household Hierarchies
Women Make the Case for Equality
New Religious Movements on Gender Relations
8. Twentieth Century Readings: The Debates Continue
Hierarchical Interpretations
Egalitarian Interpretations
Appendix: The Preadamite Theory and the Christian Identity Movement: Race and Genesis 1-3 at the Turn of the Millennium
Index
