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Title The rise and fall of Adam and Eve / Stephen Greenblatt.
Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Description 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 25 cm
Edition First Edition.


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 EI-Adult Collection  233.14 GRE Nearby on shelf  30626003203557 01-26-18  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Bare bones -- By the waters of Babylon -- Clay tablets -- The life of Adam and Eve -- In the bathhouse -- Original freedom, original sin -- Eve' s murder -- Embodiments -- Chastity and its discontents -- The politics of paradise -- Becoming real -- Men before Adam -- Falling away -- Darwin's doubts -- In the forest.
Summary "Explores the biblical story of human origins, drawing on theological, artistic, and cultural influences to discuss how the story of Adam and Eve reflects the fears, desires, and problems of humanity through the ages." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Eve (Biblical figure)
Adam (Biblical figure)
Eden.
Fall of man.
Anthropology.
ISBN 9780393240801
0393240800
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