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
Adam and Eve and Eve were ejected from the Garden of Eden, never to return. Gnostic Christianity discussed Adam and Eve in two known surviving texts, namely the "Apocalypse of Adam" found in the Nag Hammadi documents and the "Testament of Adam". The creation of Adam as Protoanthropos, the original man, is the focal concept of these writings. Another Gnostic tradition held that Adam and Eve were created to help defeat Satan. The serpent, instead of being identified with Satan, is seen as a hero by the Ophites. Still other Gnostics believed that Satan's fall, however, came after the creation of humanity. As