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The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe - Vernacular Translations and Adaptations of the Vita Adae et Evae (Hardcover)
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The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe - Vernacular Translations and Adaptations of the Vita Adae et Evae (Hardcover)
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What happened to Adam and Eve after their expulsion from paradise?
Where the biblical narrative fell silent apocryphal writings took
up this intriguing question, notably including the Early Christian
Latin text, the Life of Adam and Eve. This account describes the
(failed) attempt of the couple to return to paradise by fasting
whilst immersed in a river, and explores how they coped with new
experiences such as childbirth and death.
Brian Murdoch guides the reader through the many variant versions
of the Life, demonstrating how it was also adapted into most
western and some eastern European languages in the Middle Ages and
beyond, constantly developing and changing along the way. The study
considers this development of the apocryphal texts whilst
presenting a fascinating insight into the flourishing medieval
tradition of Adam and Eve. A tradition that the Reformation would
largely curtail, stories from the Life were celebrated in European
prose, verse and drama in many different languages from Irish to
Russian.
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