Life of Adam and Eve in the Greek text, is found in the Latin Life of Adam and Eve. It includes also some unique material. This Armenian version of the "Life of Adam and Eve" was first published in 1981 by Stone and is based on three manuscripts. It was probably translated into Armenian from Greek and takes its place alongside the Greek and Latin versions as a major witness to the Adam book. A different book is the Armenian "Book of Adam", which closely follows the text of the Apocalypse of Moses. The content of the "Armenian Penitence of Adam" includes both the penances
Theodicy and the Bible of the Fall. In their fall, Adam and Eve "disobeyed God and so lost their innocent, ideal existence" and "brought moral evil into the world." The Bible testifies to the deleterious impact of the Fall on all humanity. Shortly after the Fall, "the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5). Or, in Paul's view, "sin came into the world through one man," and "by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners" (Romans 5:12, 19). Writing about God's