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From the New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible comes a
revelatory journey across time and space to explore the power of the Adam
and Eve story to shape our deepest notions of love, duty, morality and family
ThestoryofAdamandEvehasstoodatthecenterofeveryconversationabout
menandwomeninWesterncivilizationforthelast3,000years.Ithasbeenbotha
sourceofdivisionbetweenthesexesandamodelforhowrelationshipscan
survivetemptation, transgression, loss, andpain.Forsomethisstoryismere
fantasy, andforothersit'safact.Butforallofus, thestoryoftheBible'sfirst
couplehasshapedhowwelivetoday.
Fromtheauthorofthebestselling Walking the Bible, The First Love Story
tracesthelegacyofthemostfamouscoupleinhistorytoanswerthequestion: Are
AdamandEvemerelythecauseofsin, degradation, andmistrustbetweenthe
sexes, ormighttheybeasourceofunityandresilience--andevenperhaps
inspirationforourrelationships?
Travelingacrosstheglobeandthroughhistory, fromarchaeologicaldigsin
Israelandawomen'srightsprotestattheWesternWall, tothesupposedsightof
theGardenofEdeninmodern-dayIraqandtheLondonofMilton'sParadise Lost,
BruceFeilerexamineshowourlovelife, oursexlife, ourdomesticlife, andour
spirituallifeareinextricablylinkedtothefirstpagesoftheBible.Whetherwe're
debatingequalpay, thechorewars, thesinfulnessofsex, orthenatureof
marriage, weareinfluencedtoanastonishingdegreebywhathappenedin
GenesisbetweenAdamandEve, Godandtheserpent--andhowcenturiesof
religiousleadersinterpretedormanipulatedtheseeventstopreservetheirpower.
Buttheirstorydoesnotmerelydemonstratesomethingaboutwhoweare, it
alsogiftsuswithpracticalwisdomabouthowwemightliveourlives.Bruce
Feiler'sbookrevealsthatthefirstmanandthefirstwomanmatterbecausethey
introducedtheideaofloveintotheworld, andtheirenduringloveprovidesa
roadmapforhowwecanperseveretogetherandfightofftheforcesofalienation
andselfishnessthatrisktearingusapart."