The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve

GREENBLATT,STEPHEN

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Author
GREENBLATT,STEPHEN
Publish Date
12/01/2018
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
NORTON
Number of Pages
432
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0393356264
ISBN-13
9780393356267
SKU
9780393356267

Description

“Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” ―Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography

Daring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity.
The most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, acclaimed scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores it with profound appreciation for its cultural and psychological power as literature. From the birth of the Hebrew Bible to the awe-inspiring contributions of Augustine, Dürer, and Milton in bringing Adam and Eve to vivid life, Greenblatt unpacks the story’s many interpretations and consequences over time. Rich allegory, vicious misogyny, deep moral insight, narrow literalism, and some of the greatest triumphs of art and literature: all can be counted as children of our “first” parents. 16 pages of color illustrations