Prefiguration, Apocalypse, Tragedy: Three Trajectories of Patristic Interpretation of the Adamic Fall

This essay examines three major (and to some degree overlapping) trajectories of patristic interpretation of the Adamic Fall in Genesis 3, all of which have considerable representation in early Christian writers. Following on the Pauline treatment of Adam especially in Romans 5, a first interpretive...

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Main Author: Blowers, Paul M. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2020
In: Pro ecclesia
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 407-428
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Genesis 3 / Fall of Man / Church fathers / End of the world / Tragedy / Archetype
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Adam
B The Fall
B Eve
B Original Sin
B Satan
B Tragedy
B Vice
B Paradise
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