Adam and Eve by Louis Ginzberg
Creation Story: God created heavens and Earth with animals, vegetation
Eve eats forbidden fruit, curses humans.
Adam: first human man, perfect body and soul, also ate forbidden fruit
Eve: made from Adam, first human woman, not as perfect as Adam, ate forbidden fruit.
The Ideal Man: Adam is born a man, about 20. He is very large and built perfectly. His sons bear single characteristics from him. i.e. his neck, forehead, voice, eyes, ears, etc.
God breathes into him a soul filled with the knowledge and pureness. He breathes it into his nostrils.
Adam's perfection was visible. God told Adam the history of mankind. All the teachers, prophets, scholars. When they would begin and end. Adam names all the animals, which was a testament to his overwhelming wisdom. He also named himself and God.
The Fall of Satan: After God creates Adam he wants to have a celebration with the other angels. The greatest of all the angels was Satan with his 12 wings instead of 6. Satan is angry with God for saying Adam has more knowledge than he. Satan challenges Adam to name the animals put on Earth. Satan fails to name but does not want to be friendly and accept Adam. God banishes him from heaven.
Lilith: Adam was given all the animals and the Earth. He feared the Earth did not have enough resources so God took night and gave the Earth day. Adam could then sleep part of the day and not worry of resources. Adam needed a wife so God created Lilith. He created her the same way he created Adam, from the soil. Lilith of strong will and equality in heart, did not want to be chained to Adam . God told 3 angels to capture her, Lilith continued to refuse. God then cursed her with dead children...Rude. Lilith still refuses and in turn injures her own children out of spite.
Eve: Eve was made from Adam's rib so she was different. God made her from the rib becuase it was chaste. She was more complicated in order to bear children. She needs solace to comfort the way she is made (from bone). Her voice is different, she requires perfume, her emotions are more on the surface. Her hair is long to shield shame. She outlives man because she brought death into the world. Adam admires her because of her differences. She was created without his watchful eye. They marry.
Paradise: After death a soul must pass through seven portals to get to heaven.
Portals
1) Cave of Machpelah - supervised by Adam
2) Gate of Paradise - guarded by Cherub and fire sword. If a soul passes it does so through a pillar of smoke that leads to Paradise on Earth.
3) Portal of Zebul, an entrance to heaven if worthy is admitted and Michael presents the soul to God and moves the soul to the seventh portal where it is changed into an angel.
In paradise there is the tree of life and the tree of knowledge.
The tree of life is so large we cannot fathom it. In the time of creation the Earth is what nourished all the plants, now there is also rain from the sky. Before Adam asked for it, there were no plants above the Earth. Adam was only to eat green from the Earth but he still enjoyed meats and wine from the angels. The animals on the Earth were completely reliant upon Adam and Eve.
Creation Story: God created heavens and Earth with animals, vegetation
Eve eats forbidden fruit, curses humans.
Adam: first human man, perfect body and soul, also ate forbidden fruit
Eve: made from Adam, first human woman, not as perfect as Adam, ate forbidden fruit.
The Ideal Man: Adam is born a man, about 20. He is very large and built perfectly. His sons bear single characteristics from him. i.e. his neck, forehead, voice, eyes, ears, etc.
God breathes into him a soul filled with the knowledge and pureness. He breathes it into his nostrils.
Adam's perfection was visible. God told Adam the history of mankind. All the teachers, prophets, scholars. When they would begin and end. Adam names all the animals, which was a testament to his overwhelming wisdom. He also named himself and God.
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| Adam and Eve |
The Fall of Satan: After God creates Adam he wants to have a celebration with the other angels. The greatest of all the angels was Satan with his 12 wings instead of 6. Satan is angry with God for saying Adam has more knowledge than he. Satan challenges Adam to name the animals put on Earth. Satan fails to name but does not want to be friendly and accept Adam. God banishes him from heaven.
Lilith: Adam was given all the animals and the Earth. He feared the Earth did not have enough resources so God took night and gave the Earth day. Adam could then sleep part of the day and not worry of resources. Adam needed a wife so God created Lilith. He created her the same way he created Adam, from the soil. Lilith of strong will and equality in heart, did not want to be chained to Adam . God told 3 angels to capture her, Lilith continued to refuse. God then cursed her with dead children...Rude. Lilith still refuses and in turn injures her own children out of spite.
Eve: Eve was made from Adam's rib so she was different. God made her from the rib becuase it was chaste. She was more complicated in order to bear children. She needs solace to comfort the way she is made (from bone). Her voice is different, she requires perfume, her emotions are more on the surface. Her hair is long to shield shame. She outlives man because she brought death into the world. Adam admires her because of her differences. She was created without his watchful eye. They marry.
Paradise: After death a soul must pass through seven portals to get to heaven.
Portals
1) Cave of Machpelah - supervised by Adam
2) Gate of Paradise - guarded by Cherub and fire sword. If a soul passes it does so through a pillar of smoke that leads to Paradise on Earth.
3) Portal of Zebul, an entrance to heaven if worthy is admitted and Michael presents the soul to God and moves the soul to the seventh portal where it is changed into an angel.
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| Tree of life |
The tree of life is so large we cannot fathom it. In the time of creation the Earth is what nourished all the plants, now there is also rain from the sky. Before Adam asked for it, there were no plants above the Earth. Adam was only to eat green from the Earth but he still enjoyed meats and wine from the angels. The animals on the Earth were completely reliant upon Adam and Eve.
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