Adam and Eve
“Adam and Eve,” detail by Giulio Clovio from the Book of Hours of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, completed 1546; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City (MS. 69, fol. 27).
Adam and Eve
biblical figures
Adam and Eve, in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the original human couple, parents of the human race. In the Bible there are two accounts of their creation. According to the Priestly (P) history of the 5th or 6th century bce (Genesis 1:1–2:4), God on the sixth day of Creation created all the living creatures and, “in his own image,” made both “male and female.” God then blessed the couple, told them to be “fruitful...
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