The rise and fall of Adam and Eve / Stephen Greenblatt.

Stephen Greenblatt explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Tracking the tale into the deep past, Greenblatt uncovers the tremendous theological, artistic, and cultural investment over centuries that made these fictional figures so profoundly resonant in the Jewish, Christian, a...

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Main Author: Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition:First edition
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Summary:Stephen Greenblatt explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Tracking the tale into the deep past, Greenblatt uncovers the tremendous theological, artistic, and cultural investment over centuries that made these fictional figures so profoundly resonant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim worlds and, finally, so very 'real' to millions of people even in the present.
Physical Description:419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-391) and index.
ISBN:9780393240801
0393240800