ADAM is the designation and name of the first human creature in the creation narratives found in the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament). The word adam may refer to the fact that this being was an "earthling" formed from the red-hued clay...

EVE, or, in Hebrew, Ḥavvah; the first woman in the creation narratives of the Hebrew Bible, according to which she was formed from one of the ribs of Adam, the first man (Gn. 2:21–23). In this account the creator god wished for Adam to...

The first woman. According to *Genesis 1:27, both male and female were created in the image of *God. In *Genesis 2:22, Eve was formed from the rib of *Adam; in the *Garden of Eden she was seduced by the serpent to be disobedient to God and persuaded...

Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם‎, ʼĀḏām, "dust; mankind"; Arabic: آدم, ʼĀdam; Ge'ez: አዳ and Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה‎, Ḥawwā, "living one"; Arabic: حواء, Ḥawwāʼ; Ge'ez: ሕይዋን, Hiywan) were the first man and woman created by...

An artist's triptych of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, naked, stony-faced and surrounded by haunting images of the war in Iraq, is one of the arresting sights at a major London art exhibition.Michael Sandle, whose "Iraq Triptych" was unveiled Wednesday at the Royal Academy of...

A judge dismissed a challenge to the Norton Simon Museum of Art's ownership of two prized 16th century paintings that had been seized by the Nazis.Federal Judge John F. Walker did not give reasons for his decision Thursday, four days before a scheduled hearing on...

Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto claimed their fourth straight dance title Friday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, as expected. After building big leads in the compulsory and original dances, the only thing in doubt was their margin of victory.It was...

Adam and Eve fall from grace and Noah survives an epic flood at a new museum that tells the Bible's version of history on a theme-park scale. But the scene near the front lobby might stop a puzzled paleontologist in his tracks: a pair of...