Adam and Eve
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Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descend
The Fall of Man by Peter Paul Rubens, 1628–29
The Creation of Adam depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo, 1508–1512
The Rebuke of Adam and Eve, Natoire, 1740
Adam and Eve in an illuminated manuscript (c. 950)
Adam
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Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems.
Adam and Eve
…In the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, chapters one through five, there are two creation narratives with two distinct perspectives. In the first, Adam and Eve are not named. Instead, God created humankind in God's image and instructed them to multiply and to be stewards over everything else that God…
Detail from Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel ceiling
God Judging Adam, William Blake, 1795
And Elohim Created Adam, William Blake
Adam, Lucas Cranach the Elder