Open AccessDet syriske Adams Testamente
Author(s) -
Peter Holdt Christensen,
Stefan Kristensen,
Amanda Norsker,
Anders Rhod Larsen,
Kasper Siegismund,
Martin Ehrensvärd,
Søren Holst
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1902-3898
pISSN - 0105-3191
DOI - 10.7146/dtt.v78i3.105755
Subject(s) - extant taxon , interpretation (philosophy) , philosophy , danish , key (lock) , old testament , literature , biblical studies , new testament , classics , history , art , theology , linguistics , biology , evolutionary biology , ecology
The article presents a Danish translation of the oldest extant manuscript of the Syriac Testament of Adam. This manuscript comprises the two first sections (the Horarium and Prophecy) of the total of three sections usually described as making up this composite text. In addition to giving an introduction and translation, the article discusses key issues of the text’s language and theology and aspects of its interpretation of the Garden of Eden story, such as the nature of the forbidden fruit, the future fate of Adam and its Christological implications.