A man, a woman, a serpent, and the forbidden fruit: the story of the Garden of Eden, chronicled in Genesis 2:4b–3:20 in the Christian Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, is one of the most enduring and recognizable narratives in or out of scripture. The Catechism of the Catholic Chur…
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This thesis presents an edition of the complete text of The Roit or Quheill of Tyme a chronicle composed in Scots by the Scottish Franciscan friar Adam Abell during the 1530s. An example of the mediaeval genre of "universal" chronicle, it opens with a retelling of the creation s…
The story of Adam and Eve in Eden (Gen 2:4b-3:24), raises several problems, which critical interpreters generally attribute to a succession of additions. Yet, the consensus on the talent of the writer and the coherence attributed to Biblical narratives warrant a new study of the…
This thesis examines the similarly worded proverbial sayings in Ps 39:6, 11; 62:10; 94:11; and 144:4, concluding that they constitute allusions to Adam and Abel. Literary and rhetorical analysis of the sayings reveals the poetic artistry used by the psalmists in formulating each…
The account of Adam’s fall in Genesis 2:15-17 remains a persistently debated topic among scholars. This debate includes differing interpretations of the nature of death and its effect on humanity after the fall in Genesis 3. The debate centers on whether the nature of the divine…