Michael E. Stone

George W. E. Nickelsburg

Jewish writings from the period of Second Temple present a rich and complex variety of first-hand materials. Here, the editors have updated their classic sourcebook on Jewish beliefs and practices to take into account current thinking about the sources.

Texts and Documents on Faith and Piety

Early Judaism

The Adam and Eve stories are a foundational myth in the Jewish and Christian worlds, and the way they were recounted reveals a great deal about those doing the retelling. How did the Armenians retell these stories? What values do these retellings express about men and women, their life in the world, sin and redemption? Presented here are twelve hundred years of Armenian telling of the Genesis 1–3 stories in an unparalleled collection of all significant narratives of Adam and Eve in Armenian literature—prose and poetry, homilies and commentaries, calendary and mathematical texts—from its inception in the fifth century to the seventeenth century. This seminal resource contributes to the lively current discussion of how biblical and apocryphal traditions were retold, embroidered, and transformed into the lenses through which the Bible itself was read.

Adam and Eve in the Armenian Tradition, Fifth through Seventeenth Centuries

Of view on literary unity -- The overall meaning -- The overall meaning in previous scholarship -- Gunkel -- Brandenburger and Harnisch -- Structural aspects of development in version 1-3 -- "The way of the most high" and Ezra's development -- Our approach -- Our analysis of the significance of the framework -- Development inherent in formal structures -- Structural indications of pivotal positions of vision 4 -- Structural elements of the dream visions -- Structural indications in vision 7 -- Conclusions from structure -- Ezra -- Ezra and the angel: Brandenburger and Harnisch -- What happened to Ezra? -- Ezra's conversion -- The odyssey of Ezra's soul -- Ezra and revelation -- Accounting for vision 7 -- Ezra as prophet and "the end of the times"--"The end of the times" and esoteric revelations -- Vision 7 and revealed knowledge -- Vision 7 as revelation of exoteric knowledge -- The central theme of 4 Ezra -- The "message" of the book -- pt.5. 4 Ezra in Jewish literature -- An apocalypse -- The figure of Ezra -- 4 Ezra and known Jewish groups or sects.

A Commentary on the Book of Fourth Ezra

Fourth Ezra

The history of the forefathers, Adam and his sons and grandsons

Johannes Tromp

Gary A. Anderson

Collected Essays

Literature on Adam and Eve

Chester W. Hartman

Rachel G. Bratt

An examination of America's housing crisis by the leading progressive housing activists in the country.

Foundation for a New Social Agenda

A Right to Housing

Aṛakʻel (Siwnetsʻi)

The first English translation of a major work of medieval literature: the Armenian epic poem on Adam and Eve, Adamgirk, composed by Arak`el of Siwnik` in the early fifteenth century. Michael E. Stone also supplies an illuminating introduction.

The Adam Book of Arak`el of Siwnik`

Adamgirk`

"This work describes and analyzes the extensive research on the origin, date, transmission and textual histories, and interrelationships of the primary Adam and Eve books. The "primary" Adam and Eve literature includes the Greek Apocalypse of Moses, the Latin Vita Adam et Evae, the Slavonic Vita Adam et Evae, the Armenian Penitence of Adam, the Georgian Book of Adam, and a fragmentary Coptic version. Like most of the Jewish pseudepigrapha, the transmission of this literature occured primarily in Christian contexts. The question is : how did this literature function in these contexts and by what criteria are the Adam and Eve books to be identified as either Jewish or Christian? Because of the complexity of the transmission history of the Adam and Eve books, this study has far-reaching implications regarding the later use and reshaping of Jewish pseudepigrapha. Includes an extensive bibliography." -- Publisher's description.

A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Signs of the Judgement, Onomastica Sacra, and The Generations from Adam

This volume is the first publication of 19 previously unpublished Armenian compositions about Adam and Eve. The Armenian texts are accompanied by translations, introductions and commentaries, in which their roots in more ancient Jewish and Christian literature are explored.

Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Adam and Eve

Theodore A. Bergren

1999 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award for the category Best Book Relating to the Old Testament. Explores the evolution of the biographical traditions of some fifteen biblical figures

Michael E. Stone

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