The Life of Adam and Eve
The Life of Adam and Eve, also called the Apocalypse of Moses, tells what happened after Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise. It follows the births of Cain, Abel and Seth, Adam's final illness, Seth and Eve's journey back to the gates of Paradise to ask for the oil of mercy, and Eve's own first-person account of how the serpent deceived her. It ends with the death of Adam, the angels who come to bury him, God's promise of a resurrection, and the burial of Eve. The Greek text was translated into English in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series as the Revelation of Moses, and this archive follows that translation. Chapters and verses are this archive's own divisions.
📘 About This Book
Purpose
To explain the origin of sin and death through Eve's confession, and to hold out the promise that Adam and his children will rise again.
Audience
Jewish and Christian readers interested in the first family and the hope of resurrection.
Did You Know?
- This is the Greek form of the story, long printed under the title "Revelation of Moses".
- Eve herself tells her children how she and Adam were deceived.
- It closes with the angels burying Adam and with the death of Eve.