Celibacy or Consummation in the Garden? Reflections on Early Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Garden of Eden

The interpretation of Adam and Eve's sexual life was a matter of some concern for early Jewish and Christian exegetes. As Louis Ginzberg observed, several Jewish pseudepigraphical works as well as the writings of many of the early Church Fathers “presuppose that not only the birth of the childr...

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Main Author: Anderson, Gary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1989
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1989, Volume: 82, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-148
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