And So They Went Out: The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story (2010 Arbel / Cousland / Neufeld), book

And So They Went Out: The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story (2010) is a book by Daphna Arbel, Robert J. Cousland, and Dietmar Neufeld.

Abstract

"The phrase 'and so they went out' is often used to describe the departure of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Yet it also aptly describes the many versions of the stories of Adam and Eve as they began to circulate about the turn of the Common Era... By making use of contemporary critical methods such as literary-critical analysis, ritual theory, and social-scientific taxonomy, the book explores how these stories represent a profound transformation and reshaping of ancient attitudes to gender, body, sexuality, sin, social hierarchies, and human aspirations."--From Publisher's description

Editions and translations

Published in London [England], and New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2010.

External links

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