Paradise Lost and the Genesis TraditionRevised version of author's thesis, University of Oxford, 1963. |
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... divine.1 That , as C. H. Dodd has pointed out , was the whole burden of the serpent's words to Eve.2 It was in an intellectual atmosphere permeated with this kind of thinking that the Gnostic reading of the Fall story was conceived ...
... divine.1 That , as C. H. Dodd has pointed out , was the whole burden of the serpent's words to Eve.2 It was in an intellectual atmosphere permeated with this kind of thinking that the Gnostic reading of the Fall story was conceived ...
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... divine essence in Man . The Prince of Darkness , hoping to keep it per- manently trapped in matter , denied Adam the knowledge which might have led him back to the Prince of Light and gave Eve the desire which would bring about the ...
... divine essence in Man . The Prince of Darkness , hoping to keep it per- manently trapped in matter , denied Adam the knowledge which might have led him back to the Prince of Light and gave Eve the desire which would bring about the ...
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... Divine Institutes , with which he certainly was familiar , 2 the origin of the Devil's rebellion was traced back to his envy of the Son . After God had begotten Christ , the latter recorded , He made another being , in whom the ...
... Divine Institutes , with which he certainly was familiar , 2 the origin of the Devil's rebellion was traced back to his envy of the Son . After God had begotten Christ , the latter recorded , He made another being , in whom the ...
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THE TEXT | 9 |
THE JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS | 26 |
THE CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATIONS | 59 |
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Adam and Eve Adamus Exul Alcuin Alethia allegorical angels animals Augustine Avitus Biblical Book century chapter of Genesis Christ Christian Comestor Commentary created creation creatures Criticism Cursor Mundi death Devil divine doctrine Dracontius earth eat the fruit episode Eve's evil exegesis Fall story fallen Father forbidden fruit forbidden tree garden garden of Eden Genesis narrative Gnostic God's Gregory Gregory of Nyssa Heaven Hexapla husband Ialdabaoth Ibid idea immortality innocence interpretation Irenaeus Jahweh Jahwist Jewish legend Lord Lucifer Ludus Coventriae lust Man's medieval Mercy Milton moral motives nature Old Testament Ophite original pagan Paradise Lost passage patristic perfect Philo poem poet problem question rabbinic Rashi rebellion Satan Secrets of Enoch serpent sinned speech suggests temptation Tempter thee things thou tradition trans transgression treatment tree of knowledge typological unfallen viii wife wisdom woman þæt þat