Library/Old Testament pseudepigrapha
Life of Adam and Eve
Penitence in the Jordan and the Tigris, Satan’s claim that Adam caused his fall, Seth’s journey to the gate for the oil of mercy, and funerals conducted by angels. A companion to Genesis 3 that explains how the adversary talks.
- Status
- Pseudepigrapha
- Date
- 1st century CE?
- Languages
- Latin, Greek (Apocalypse of Moses), Armenian, Slavonic, Georgian
- Setting
- After Eden, up to the deaths of Adam and Eve
What it contains
- Penitence
- Satan’s speech
- Seth and the oil
- Deaths and burials
Why it sits outside most canons
Narrative expansion, not law or prophecy in the canonical sense.
Themes
- Satan
- Penitence
- Death
- Angels
- Origin of evil
Passages
Latin Life 12–16
Satan tells Adam: ‘Because of you I was cast out. When you were formed, I was commanded to worship the image of God. I would not. And God was wrathful with me.’