The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. A Story about Humanity's Fears, Desires, and Responsibilities
The tale of Adam and Eve modestly occupies about fifty lines in Scripture, yet it harbors astonishing paradoxes: a man and a woman, born as adults and unashamed of their nakedness, a talking serpent-tempter, a tree whose fruits grant knowledge...
of good and evil. This story, filled with unimaginable scenes and events, has troubled philosophers and thinkers for centuries — analyzed, discussed, and interpreted — both literally and allegorically. In this book, Stephen Greenblatt — a PhD and professor of humanities — takes the reader from the earliest ancient stories of human creation to the well-known Darwinian theory of evolution. This journey traverses the thoughts of Saint Augustine, who decided to interpret every line of Scripture literally, and the workshops of talented artists — from the painter Albrecht Dürer, who created the famous engraving "Adam and Eve", to John Milton, who wrote "Paradise Lost".
The tale of Adam and Eve modestly occupies about fifty lines in Scripture, yet it harbors astonishing paradoxes: a man and a woman, born as adults and unashamed of their nakedness, a talking serpent-tempter, a tree whose fruits grant knowledge of good and evil. This story, filled with unimaginable scenes and events, has troubled philosophers and thinkers for centuries — analyzed, discussed, and interpreted — both literally and allegorically. In this book, Stephen Greenblatt — a PhD and professor of humanities — takes the reader from the earliest ancient stories of human creation to the well-known Darwinian theory of evolution. This journey traverses the thoughts of Saint Augustine, who decided to interpret every line of Scripture literally, and the workshops of talented artists — from the painter Albrecht Dürer, who created the famous engraving "Adam and Eve", to John Milton, who wrote "Paradise Lost".
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