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Adam (Heb., ‘man’), In W. tradition, the first human being. According to the first creation account in Genesis, Adam was created in the image of God (1. 27) on the final day of creation. In Genesis 2, he is said to have been made from the dust of the earth (Heb.,
adamah, ‘earth’) and to have become a living
soul after God had breathed into him (2. 7) As a result of disobedience God punished them by evicting them from the Garden of
Eden and condemning the man to toil for his living (Genesis 2. 5–3. 24). Despite the punishment, Judaism does not understand the
fall of Adam as having created a radical fault, as does Christianity, requiring the second Adam (i.e.,
Christ) to deal with the fault and its effects. The ‘fall’ is a fall upwards, into new opportunities of action and knowledge.
In Islam, Adam is not only the first human being but the first
prophet, entrusted by
Allāh with a message for humankind. Allāh is said to have made a
covenant with Adam and with his descendants (7. 172), and he is thus in a special sense the father of all humankind.
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Adams puts Rae Carruth at shooting in 911 tape.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...gunshot wounds last year, a frantic Cherica Adams told emergency workers Rae Carruth was at the scene of the attack and drove away. Adams, eight months' pregnant with Carruth...was involved in her Nov. 16 shooting. Adams told the dispatcher Carruth was driving...
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Adams, USA: The family name endures on Quincy's streets
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 5/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...back roads from Quincy to Boston, you can follow Adams Street past the Adams National Historical Park to East Milton Square, over...Dorchester. You can spend a night at the Best Western Adams Inn, buy or sell a house through the Abigail Adams...
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Adams just might have been the ticket
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Mike Vandermause Adams just might have been the ticket By MIKE...February 1, 2001 Defensive tackle Sam Adams was on his way to Green Bay to sign a free...contract with the Packers last April. Adams, a former first-round draft choice...
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Adams family values ; Descendants of two presidents hold dear a legacy intertwined with the nation's past
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/2/2008; ; 700+ words
; As a teenager, Rett McKay Adams loved to sit in the chair in which President John Adams died and wear the founding father's glasses...rangers sweating," he said of his visits to the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy. "I touched...
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Adams National Bank Feud Elicits Sexism From an Unlikely Quarter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/12/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...stake in their institution, directors of Adams National Bank have resorted to sexism...plan as an assault on gains by women, Adams National's directors contend New York's Citibank will destroy Adams's mission by selling Citibank's majority...
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Adams, in New York limelight, asks for US help on peace
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/2/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...tie, his beard neatly trimmed, Gerry Adams looked more like a genial academic than...visa from the Clinton administration, Adams, head of Sinn Fein, arrived in the United...by the British and Irish governments. Adams called for the Clinton administration...
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Adams ranked as sixth-fatest growing county
Magazine article from: Central Penn Business Journal; 12/20/1996; ; 700+ words
; The close proximity of Adams County to major metropolitan areas has...population losses or minimal growth, Adams County experienced 14.6 percent population...1995. This rapid rate of growth ranked Adams as the sixth-fastest growing out of...
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ADAMS' POLITICAL BIRTH WAS ON BELFAST STREETS SINN FEIN LEADER BEGINS STOPOVER IN ALBANY TONIGHT.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/12/1995; 700+ words
; ...against the people of the Falls,'' Gerry Adams wrote last year, that ``made me feel...want merely to stand by looking on.'' Adams, who grew up in the Falls section of West...As with many families from Belfast, the Adams family has a rich history of Irish republican...
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Adams wins first with friends' help
Magazine article from: National Dragster; 8/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...won at the same event in Super Gas, Dave Adams scored his first national event win at...Brian Smith and Smith's father Dennis, Adams drove his '85 Mustang to an impressive...couldn't have won without Brian," said Adams. "It never would have happened; he had...
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ANSEL ADAMS' ART STILL UNAPPRECIATED ON AMERICAN SCENE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/27/1996; 700+ words
; ...The world is going to pieces and people like Adams and Weston are photographing rocks!'' Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, both longtime Californians...Spaulding, in this first major biography of Adams, aims to put the photographer in context...
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Adams, John Quincy
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY John Quincy Adams was more than just the sixth president of the United States. He...Hill. He was the son of the nation's second president, john adams. And he was a successful diplomat. Chosen president by the House...
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John Adams
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Adams 1735-1826, 2d President of the United States (1797-1801...Quincy (then in Braintree), Mass., grad. Harvard, 1755. John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams , founded one of the most distinguished families of the United...
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Adams, Eddie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Eddie Adams Eddie Adams (1933 – 2004) is best known for his Pulitzer prize –...Vietcong prisoner during the Vietnam War. The accomplishment established Adams early in his career as one of the United States' foremost photojournalists...
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Abigail Adams
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Abigail Adams American First Lady Abigail Adams (1744-1818), an early proponent of humane treatment and...credited with having a notable influence on her husband, John Adams, second President of the United States. Abigail Smith Adams...
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Adams, Samuel
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Samuel Adams Born: September 27, 1722 Boston, Massachusetts...colonial leader The colonial leader Samuel Adams was an influential figure in the years leading...government. Early life and education Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722, in Boston...
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