Preliminary Table of Contents: Abbreviations Preface 1. The Primary Adam Books and the Legend of Adam and Eve 2. Contract Penance and Redemption 3. Adam Ploughs and Satan Forbids: The Slavonic Story 4. The Legend in Balkan Art, Folklore and Tradition 5. Armenian Apocryphal Tales 6. The Story in Greek 7. The Cheirograph According to Colossians Conclusion and Implications Appendix 1: Texts in the Original Languages Appendix 2: An Ethiopic Text close to the Legend Appendix 3: The term Greek characters in the Papyri Bibliography
The legend of Satan's second deception of Adam and Eve known throughout Oriental Christian Cultures
Michael Stone was educated at the University of Melbourne and
holds the degrees of PhD from Harvard University and D: Litt from
the University of Melbourne. He has, since 1965, been on the
Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he holds the
double appointment of Gail
Levin de Nur Professor of Religion and Professor of Armenian
Studies. He is the author of over 40 books and 250 articles in the
fields of Ancient Judaism and Armenian Studies. His work has
encompassed Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period,
including the Dead Sea Scrolls, and many aspects of Armenian
Studies, with special emphasis on the Bible and biblical traditions
in Armenian, the Armenians in the Holy Land and the history of
Armenian writing.
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