Adam, Eve, and the Serpent (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elaine Pagels
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Creation myth, Sexism, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Sin or Original sin, Religion, Women’s issues, Christianity, Women, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Greek or Roman times, Women’s rights, Theology
Form and Content
Elaine Pagels’ work Adam, Eve, and the Serpent revisits and revises a number of her previous scholarly articles to make them more accessible for general readers. The six chapters trace varying and often clashing interpretations of the Creation accounts of Genesis during the first four centuries of Christianity. These interpretations, which culminated in the fifth century with the triumph of Augustine’s writings on Original Sin, indicated that early Christianity was not monolithic, but included a range of remarkably diverse viewpoints that deny the...
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