ADAM and EVE. The narrative of the creation and fall of A. and E. is given in Genesis. To the scriptural account the later Jewish writers in the Talmud have made many tasteless additions. They tell us that the stature of A., when first created, reached to the heavens, while the splendor of his countenance surpassed that of the sun. The very angels stood in awe of him, and all creatures hastened to worship him. Then the Lord, in order to show the angels his power, caused a sleep to fall on A., and removed a portion of every limb. A. thus lost his vast stature, but remained perfect and complete. His first wife was Lilith, the mother of demons; but she fled from him, and afterwards E. was created for him. At the marriage of A. and E., angels were present, some play ing on musical instruments, others serving up delicious viands; while the sun, moon, and stars danced together. The happiness of the human pair excited envy the angels, and the seraph bammael tempted them and succeeded in leading them to their fall from innocence.—According to the Koran, all the angels paid homage to A., excepting Eblis,
who on account of his refusal, was expelled from paradise. To gratify his revenge, Eblis seduced A. and E., and they were separated. Adam was penitent, and lived in a tent on the site of the temple of Mecca, where he was instructed in the divine command ments by the archangel Gabriel. After 200 years of separation, he again found E. on Mt. Arafat. Many ether tradifi9ns of . the Jews and the Mohammedans respecting A.
and E. may be found in Herbelot's Bibliothique Oriental& —1u the system of the Christian Gnostics and 3Ianichmans, A. is one of the highest reons.—According to the Calvinistic theology, A. was the covenant head or federal representative of the whole human race, who were thus involved in the consequences of his breach of the corenant(q.y.) which God made with him at his creation. This view is supported by reference to the parallel drawn between A. and Christ in Roni. v. and 1 Cor. xv.. in the latter of which chapters Christ is called, in contradistinction to A., "the second man," and "the last A."