Adam
Publié le 22/02/2012
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The first human being in Jewish, Christian,
and Islamic tradition. The name Adam may also be
translated simply as "the man." The BIBLE seems to
link this name to adamah, Hebrew for ground (Genesis
2.7). As told in the second chapter of Genesis,
the Lord GOD formed Adam from the Earth's dirt,
breathed life into him, and placed him in the garden
of Eden. After a futile attempt to fi nd a companion
for him among the animals, God put Adam into a
deep sleep, took one of his ribs, and fashioned a
woman from it, whom Adam eventually named EVE.
In Genesis 3 God expelled Adam and Eve from the
garden because they disobeyed God's command not
to eat from the tree of knowledge (see FALL, THE).
Jewish philosophers have seen Adam and his
story as symbolizing all human beings. Christians
used the image of Adam in defi ning the special role
of JESUS. For example, PAUL saw Jesus as the second
Adam, undoing the consequences of the First
Adam's sin (1 Corinthians 15.22, 45). For Muslims,
Adam is the fi rst in the line of prophets that culminates
in the prophet MUHAMMAD.
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