The Books of Adam is a collective name of several

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l books relating to Adam and Eve. *The Book of Adam or "Contradiction of Adam and Eve", denigrated as "a romance made up of

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fables" by the 1913 edition of the ''

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''. It was first translated from the 6th century

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n version into

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by August Dillmann, and into English by

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. *The "Pénitence d'Adam", or "Testament d'Adam", composed of some

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n fragments translated by

Ernest Renan Joseph Ernest Renan (; 27 February 18232 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote influe ...

. "The Penitence of Adam and Eve" has been published in

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Wilhelm Meyer Wilhelm Meyer may refer to: * Wilhelm Franz Meyer (1856–1934), German mathematician * Wilhelm Meyer (philologist) (1845–1917), who identified the poems of Hugh Prima * Wilhelm Meyer, inculpated in the Adolph Beck case * Wilhelm Meyer (physicia ...

. *"The Books of the Daughters of Adam", mentioned in the catalogue of

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in 495–496, who identifies it with the '' Book of Jubilees'', or "Little Genesis". *The "Testament of Our First Parents", cited by

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. *The Book of Adam ( Adamgirk) by

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(Arakel Sunetsi), a book of poetry on Adam and Eve. It was written in 1403, and first published in 1799. It was first translated to English by

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"The Books of Adam"
by George J. Reid. ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', vol. 1, 1907. Old Testament pseudepigrapha Old Testament pseudepigrapha related with Adam and Eve {{Christian-book-stub

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