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Adam

Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith).

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Adam is the name given in the biblical book of Genesis to the first human being, who is portrayed as the first person aware of God. The figure of Adam is significant across multiple major world religions—including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others—where he holds an important place in their understanding of human origins and humanity's relationship with God.

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Person.name: Adam
Person.image: Michelangelo, Creation of Adam 03.jpg
Person.caption: Detail from Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel ceiling
Person.era: Edenic and Antediluvian
Person.spouse: Eve
Person.children: Cain, Abel and Seth
Person.parents: God (Father/Creator)

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Wikidata facts

Part of: Adam and Eve
Gender: androgynos in Judaism
Place of birth: Garden of Eden
Spouse: Lilith
Languages spoken: Adamic language
Notable work: Sefer Raziel HaMalakh
Participant in: fall of man
Material used: soil
Creator: Yahweh
Image: Adam zgh.png
Residence: Earth
Said to be same as: Y-chromosomal Adam

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present in work: Paradise Lost
Commons category: Adam (Biblical figure)
date of birth: 4004-00-00
place of burial: Calvary
different from: Adán
P6482: Adam
canonization status: Patriarchs
manifestation of: father
partner in business or sport: Eve
manner of death: divine retribution
Commons gallery: Adam
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P11493: Tromborn
not found in: Pauly–Wissowa

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Contents

In Mythology
Composition of the Adam narrative
Usage
Mankind—human being—male individual
Connection to the earth
In the Hebrew Bible
Post-Biblical Jewish traditions
Body
Adam, Lilith and Eve
Eve's fault in the Fall
Adam and the winter solstice
Children of Adam and Eve
Adam's death and burial
Attitude towards Adam
Adam and the angel Raziel
In Christianity
Original sin
{{anchor|Adam's grave: Golgotha replaces Solomon's Temple}}Adam's grave: Golgotha replaces Solomon's Temple
In Mandaeism
In Gnosticism
In Islam
In Druze faith
In other religions and unorthodox practices
Historicity
Genetical analysis
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
External links

According to Christianity, Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This action introduced death and sin into the world. This sinful nature infected all his descendants, and led humanity to be expelled from the Garden. Only through the crucifixion of Jesus, humanity can be redeemed.

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