A history of the literature of Adam and Eve

This work describes and analyzes the extensive research on the origin, date, transmission and textual histories, and interrelationships of the primary Adam and Eve books. The "primary" Adam and Eve literature includes the Greek 'Apocalypse of Moses,' the Latin 'Vita Adam et Evae." the Slavonic 'Vita Adam et Evae', the Armenian 'Penitence of Adam', the Georgian 'Book of Adam', and a fragmentary Coptic version. Like most of Jewish pseudepiggrapha, the transmission of this literature occurred primarily in Christian contexts. The question is: how did this literature function in these contexts and by what criteria are the Adam and Eve books to b identified as either Jewish or Christian? Because of the complexity of the transmission history of the Adam and Eve books, his study has far-reaching implications regarding the later use and reshaping of Jewish pseudepigrapha.