entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class ENT_ISR_ADAM,Adam,,Israelite,First human / Patriarch,Hero,first human; paradise; fall; divine image; primordial father; Eden,,,,A,,,,,,"First human being in the Israelite tradition; Genesis presents two creation accounts: P source (Genesis 1:26-27) creates adam (""humanity"") collectively ""in the image of God"" (tselem elohim); J source (Genesis 2:7) has God forming the man from the dust of the ground ('adamah — the name puns on ""ground-one"" or ""earthling""); placed in the garden of Eden; the transgression at the tree of knowledge results in mortality — the Israelite version of the widespread ancient Near Eastern theme of humans being denied immortality (cf. Mesopotamian Adapa, Gilgamesh's failed quest); in the genealogy of Genesis 5 he lives 930 years; father of Cain, Abel, and Seth; the tselem elohim formula becomes the theological source for the Kabbalistic Adam Kadmon and the Sethian Gnostic Adamas; Pauline Christology develops the ""second Adam"" typology (Romans 5:12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49)",scriptural-figure