Category: Biblical First Humans · Origin: Hebrew Bible, Genesis, Abrahamic Traditions
Adam and Eve are the first human beings according to the Book of Genesis, created by God and placed in the Garden of Eden. Their disobedience in eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil led to the Fall of Man, introducing sin, death, and suffering into the world according to orthodox theology, or alternatively representing humanity's awakening to consciousness and moral knowledge.
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Naked humans in garden paradise, often depicted with serpent and tree
The First Humans, Adam HaRishon, Primal Man and Woman
Adam and Eve represent the origin of humanity, the nature of sin and free will, the loss of innocence, and the fundamental human condition of knowledge, mortality, and alienation from divine perfection.
Understanding Adam and Eve illuminates Western concepts of original sin, gender relations, the nature of temptation, and the price of consciousness and knowledge.
Interpretations range from literal historical figures to mythological archetypes, from cautionary tale about disobedience to liberation narrative about gaining knowledge despite divine prohibition.