Tag: Adam and Eve

An obvious desideratum for an electronic publication of the Vita is the ability to represent the various non-Latin texts in machine readable form (Greek, Armenian, Georgian, and Slavonic). At present there are numerous ways to do this on any particular PC or Macintosh (and to a lesser degree the sam...

Native Title: "Life of Adam and Eve"Original Publication: V. Jagic, "Slavische Beiträge zu den biblischen Apocryphen, I, Die altkirchenslavischen Texte des Adamsbuche." Denkschr. kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, philos.-hist. Klasse. Vienna, 42:1-104, 1893. Current Edition Used: V. Jagic.Transl...

The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity PART ONE Introduction and Problems of the Text Individual Versions A. Greek B. Latin C. Armenian D. Georgian E. Slavonic F. Coptic PART TWO Electronic Edition A. Its Potential B. Existing Technology C. Non-Latin Charac...

Native Title: Vita Adae et Evae ("The Life of Adam and Eve")Original Publication: W. Meyer, "Vita Adae et Evae." Abhandlungen der königlichen Bayerischen Akademie des Wissenschaften, Philosoph.-philologische Klasse. Munich: 14.3, 1878, pp. 185-250.Current Edition Used: The text presented here is bas...

Native Title: The Apocalypse of MosesOriginal Publication: C. von Tischendorf, Apocalypses Apocryphae Mosis, Esdrae, Pauli, Iohanni. . . Leipzig, Mendelssohn; reprinted, Hildersheim, Olms, 1966.Current Edition Used: The text prepared by Nagel used in A.-M. Denis, Concordance grecque des pseudépigrap...

At present there exists an ability to present scanned photographs of the manuscript evidence, a transcription of any original which was composed in a Latin alphabet and an English translation of each text. One level of our Archive will present the user with this full range of material: a scanned ori...

When one turns to the the opening page of the Archive, one is presented with a set of different categories of interpretation that bear on the life of Adam and Eve. These include:The Vita itselfThe Biblical Text of Genesis 1-3Commentaries written on those verses by both Jewish and Christian writersAp...

Introduction The Archive has been put together with two purposes in mind. The first is more important: to enhance the study of the Vita itself. But the other purpose is also of some significance: to assemble a wide range of material related to the interpretation of the Life of Adam and Eve in Late A...

Native Title: "Book of Adam"Original Publication: Georgian original: C. K'urc'ikidze, "Adamis apokrip'uli ..." P'ilologiuri Dziebani. 1964 1: 97-136. French Translation: J.-P. Mahé, "Le Livre d'Adam géorgienne de la Vita Adae in Studies in Gnosticism and Hellenistic Religions, ed. R. van den Broek a...

A. Regarding Its Potential At least three different interpretive issues need to be kept in mind when preparing an edition of this work: The relationship of the various manuscripts within a particular language family;The relationship of the various versions over against one another;The manner in whic...

Identity of Adam Adam is from the Hebrew Adam. The word Adam has its Hebrew roots in adamah which means land or ground. The word refers to the rich reddish soil of the fertile crescent in contrast to the arid earth of the wilderness which cannot support life. Usually when it is used in the Old Testa...

Original Publication: W. E. Crum, Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Collection of the John Rylands Library. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1909.Extended Discussion in Stone, A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve pp. 39-41. A small fragment of this version was published by W. E. ...