The Creation of Man and Woman

Download or read book The Creation of Man and Woman written by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen and published by Themes in Biblical Narrative. This book was released on 2000 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the three stories about the creation of man and woman in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7; and 2:18-25) and with diverse interpretations of these narratives in Judaism and Christianity, particularly in ancient Jewish and Christian texts: Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Philo, the apostle Paul, Patristic, Rabbinic, and Gnostic texts. Other chapters are devoted to John Milton's recreation of Eve and Adam, to a psycho-analytical reconsideration of the biblical creation stories, and to divine creation as a model for human creation in theatre and other art forms.