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ID: 901000219
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000219
Record Type: Character/Person

Adam (Abrahamic religion character)

Note: In the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, with Eve forms the original human couple, parents of the human race.

Names:
Adam (Abrahamic religion character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
אדם (Abrahamic religion character) (Hebrew,U,N)
آدم (Abrahamic religion character) (Arabic,U,N)
Адам (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
Αδάμ (Abrahamic religion character) (Greek,U,N)
Adán (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
Adamo (Abrahamic religion character) (Italian-P,D,N)
Adamu (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
Aadama (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
アダム (Abrahamic religion character) (Japanese,U,N)
아담 (Abrahamic religion character) (Korean,U,N)
亞當 (Abrahamic religion character) (Chinese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Adam (Abrahamic religion character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Legend of Adam and Eve
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901000816]
is actor for .... Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative), Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901000428]
is actor for .... Fall of Man
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative), Fall of Man (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901001323]
consort/spouse of .... Eve
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Eve (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000205]
parent of .... Abel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Abel (Old Testament character)) [901000498]
parent of .... Cain
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Cain (Old Testament character)) [901000499]
source is .... Qurʾān
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Qurʾān (sacred text, Islam, 632)) [901000937]
source is .... Bible, Old Testament
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000253]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Adam (Abrahamic religion character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 82025265
אדם (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
آدم (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Адам (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Αδάμ (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Adán (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Adamo (Abrahamic religion character)
................ICCD database (1988-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Adamu (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Aadama (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
アダム (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
아담 (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
亞當 (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 82025265
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Adam and Eve," accessed 28 June 2017

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