The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature)

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For the first time, Jack Levison offers the English-speaking world a comprehensive commentary on the Greek Life of Adam and Eve, an epic of pain, death, and hope. An exhaustive introduction clarifies issues of literary character, manuscripts and versions, and provenance; the commentary itself provides rich discussions of the Greek text, illuminated by Jewish scripture and ancient Greek and Hebrew literature. Fresh translation and bibliography. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: The Greek Life of Adam and Eve as Literature Chapter 2: Manuscripts, Greek Text Forms, and Versions Chapter 3: Origin of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve Chapter 4: Translation COMMENTARY – TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND NOTES Excursus: Significant Additions and Revisions in Translation GLAE 1 GLAE 2.1–3.1 GLAE 3.2–4.2 GLAE 5–6 GLAE 7–8 GLAE 9 GLAE 10–12 GLAE 13 GLAE 14 GLAE 15 GLAE 16 GLAE 17 GLAE 18–19 GLAE 20 GLAE 21 GLAE 22 GLAE 23 GLAE 24 GLAE 25 GLAE 26 GLAE 27 GLAE 28 GLAE 29 GLAE 30 GLAE 31 GLAE 32 GLAE 33 GLAE 34 GLAE 35 GLAE 36 GLAE 37 GLAE 38 GLAE 39 GLAE 40 GLAE 41 GLAE 42 GLAE 43 Translations of Ancient Sources Used in This Commentary Bibliography Index of References Index of Names and Subjects