‘Her Flesh Was as Grass’: Vita Adam et Evae 10.1
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2000
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‘Her Flesh Was as Grass’: Vita Adam et Evae 10.1
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Biblica
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81
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507-510
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The Vita Adam et Evae uses an unusual metaphor to describe Eve’s state when she ceases her penitential immersion in the Tigris river: ‘her flesh was as grass from the cold of the water’ (caro eius erat sicut herba). While a number of points of comparison have been adduced to explain the metaphor, including movement and texture, it is more likely to be the colour of Eve’s skin — she is as pale as grass from the cold of the water.
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12 763