Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought
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Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought  -     By: Philip C. Almond

Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought

Cambridge Bibles / 2014 / Hardcover

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Title: Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought
By: Philip C. Almond
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 252
Vendor: Cambridge Bibles
Publication Date: 2014
Dimensions: 9.02 X 5.98 X 0.69 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 3 ounces
ISBN: 0521660769
ISBN-13: 9780521660761
Stock No: WW660761

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This book offers a fascinating account of the central myth of Western culture - the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Philip Almond examines the way in which the gaps, hints and illusions within this biblical story were filled out in seventeenth-century English thought. At this time, the Bible formed a fundamental basis for studies in all subjects, and influenced greatly the way that people understood the world. Drawing extensively on primary sources he covers subjects as diverse as theology, history, philosophy, botany, language, anthropology, geology, vegetarianism, and women. He demonstrates the way in which the story of Adam and Eve was the fulcrum around which moved lively discussions on topics such as the place and nature of Paradise, the date of creation, the nature of Adamic language, the origins of the American Indians, agrarian communism, and the necessity and meaning of love, labour and marriage.

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