Gerard P. Luttikhuizen Libri

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.

Examines the representations of paradise in the Hebrew Bible and also deals with the reception of the biblical accounts in early Jewish writings (Enochic texts, the Book of Jubilees, Qumran texts) in Rabbinics and Kabbalah, early mainstream Christianity, and in early Christian apocryphal and Gnostic literature. Other topics are views of paradise in the Christian Middle Ages, and interpretation of Paradise in Milton's Paradise Lost . Material originated at a June 1998 conference. The editor is professor of early Christian literature and New Testament studies at the University of Groningen. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)