Rise and Fall of Adam & Eve by Stephen Greenblatt
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We'll meet at one of our members' houses; please email us for the location! We'll have dinner and discussion of The Rise & Fall of Adam & Eve, by Stephen Greenblatt.
From Amazon:
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve explores the enduring story of humanity’s first parents. Comprising only a few ancient verses, the story of Adam and Eve has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole, long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness.
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.
Rise and Fall of Adam & Eve by Stephen Greenblatt