Adam and Eve

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Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, fresco in the Sistine Chapel, between 1508 and 1512

Adam (Hebrew: אדם adam "the one taken from the earth", "human being"[1] from אֲדָמָה adamah "earth, dust, soil, arable land"[2]) and Eve (Hebrew: חוה chawah "the animate one", the "life-giver", the "mother of the earth") were, according to the creation account of Genesis, the first human couple, which, however, must not be imagined in the form of two physically embodied single human beings. This is also suggested today by population genetics, especially by studies concerning the Y-chromosomal Adam and the mitochondrial Eve, which show that such an original physical human couple probably never existed. Rather, Adam and Eve represent the group spirit and the group soul of nascent humanity.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.
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