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Spouses | Eve |
Children | Cain Abel Seth other sons and daughters |
Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם; Aramaic/Syriac: ܐܕܡ; Arabic: آدم) is a figure from the Book of Genesis who is also mentioned in the New Testament, the deuterocanonical books, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Iqan. According to the creation myth[1] of the Abrahamic religions, he was the first human.
In the Genesis creation narratives, he was created by God. Christian churches differ on how they view Adam's subsequent behavior of disobeying God (often called the Fall of man), and to the consequences that those actions had on the rest of humanity. Christian and Jewish teachings sometimes hold Adam and Eve (the first woman) to a different level of responsibility for the Fall, though Islamic teaching holds both equally responsible. In addition, Islam holds that Adam was eventually forgiven, while Christianity holds that redemption occurred only later through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The Bahá'í Faith, Islam and some
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![]() Eva by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528 | |
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Spouses | Adam |
Children | Cain Abel Seth other sons and daughters |
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![]() Eva by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528 | |
Spouse | Adam |
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Christian denominations consider Adam to be the first prophet.Yahweh (/ˈjɑːhweɪ/, or often /ˈjɑːweɪ/ in English; Hebrew: יהוה) is the national deity of the ancient Israel (Samaria) and the ancient kingdom of Judah.[2] His origins are mysterious, although they reach back to the early Iron Age and even the Late Bronze:[3] his name may have begun as an epithet of El, head of the Bronze Age Canaanite pantheon,[4] but the earliest plausible mentions are in Egyptian texts that place him among the nomads of the southern Transjordan.[5]
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![]() A fourth century BCE drachm (quarter shekel) coin from the Persian province of Yehud Medinata, apparently showing the deity Yahweh seated on a winged and wheeled throne. | |
Army | Host of Stars and Planets |
Symbol | Wheeled throne with wings |
Region | Iron Age Israel and Judah |
- ^ Womack 2005, p. 81 , "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and therefore typically have multiple versions."
- ^ Miller 1986, p. 110.
- ^ Miller 2000, p. 1.
- ^ Dijkstra 2001, p. 92.
- ^ Dever 2003b, p. 128.