Lance Jenott
Recovering Adam’s Lost Glory: Nag Hammadi Codex II in its Egyptian Monastic Environment
Jenott considers how the various interpretations of Adam and Eve, including their creation, original union, and separation (Genesis 1–3) found in an ancient collection of extra-canonical Christian writings (Nag Hammadi Codex II), would have inspired Christian ascetics in late antique Egypt who sought to live like Adam in the Garden of Eden by renouncing human sexuality and living celibate lives.