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 Some early fathers of the Christian church held Eve responsible for the Fall of man and all subsequent women to be the first sinners because Eve tempted Adam to commit the taboo. "You are the devil's gateway" Tertullian told his female readers, and went on to explain that they were responsible for the death of Christ: "On account of your desert [i.e., punishment for sin, that is, death], even the Son of God had to die." In 1486, the Dominicans Kramer and Sprengler used similar tracts in "Malleus Maleficarum" ("Hammer of Witches") to justify the persecution of "witches". Medieval Christian