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Dear Bob,
See Iosua 14,15 ("nomen Hebron antea vocabatur Cariatharbe / Adam maximus
ibi iner Enacim situs est"). In this passage, "Adam" was believed to be a
nomen proprium referring to Adam protplastus. According to Jerome, Epist.
108,11, this was a Hebraic tradition: "Chebron, haec est 'Cariath-arbe', id
est, 'oppidum virorum quatuor', Abrahm, Isaac, Jacob, et Adam magni, quem
ibi conditum, juxta librum Jesu Nave Hebraei autumant: licet plerique Caleb
quartum putent, cujus ex latere memoria monstratur" (PL 22,886).
Also, it was common belief, that Adam -- or all 'four patriarchs', were
buried in or near Hebron, see Eucherius, Instructiones, II, v, PL 50,817;
Isidore, De ortu et obitu patrum, I, 5, PL 83,131, and VI, 15, PL 83,133.
Kind regards,
Otfried
At 06:57 04.12.2001, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Um, and what is this all about? Adam formed "in Hebron"?! Smells like a
>textual corruption to me, but I'm willing to learn. Are there other
>instances of such a claim?
>
>Bob
>
> > Thank you, Denis, I was not aware of this passage! To be found in Honorius,
> > De imagine mundi, lib. III, Exortatio, PL 172,165: "Adam primus homo ad
> > imaginem Dei in Hebron formatus, in paradiso cum Eva septem horis
> > commoratus, ob mandati transgressionem, hujus mundi exsilium subiit."
> >
> > Dr. Otfried Lieberknecht, Product Manager Digital Products
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