Date Thesis Awarded
5-2014
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Classical Studies
Advisor
John Donahue
Committee Members
Alexander Angelov
Monica Potkay
Abstract
In the tenth-century Byzantine lexicon known as the Suda there exists one particularly lengthy entry on the Biblical figure Adam. In this entry, Adam appears not as a figure to be scorned, but as a hero. Through analyzing the rhetoric of this entry as well as the perception of Adam in Byzantine culture, it is possible to make sense of this entry and discover the what the role of Adam was in Byzantine culture.
Recommended Citation
Mulhall, John P., "A Byzantine Adam: Explicating the Suda's Encomiastic Entry on Adam" (2014). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 3.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/3
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