Devoir de Philosophie

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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