On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Lemeneva, Elena wrote:
> I've been torturing my professors at the Central European
> University with the seemingly simple question -- when the primordial
> sin became ( in Christian tradition) associated with the carnal
> intercourse -- until they confessed their ignorance. Peter Brown
> doesn't give an answer as well. Could someone satisfy my curiosity?
>
Elaine Pagels, _Adam, Eve, and the Serpent_, addresses this question in
depth, generally locating the answer with Augustine.
Jo Ann
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