Eve - Los Angeles, CA - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

This one was made by Auguste Rodin from France who lived from 1840 to 1917. This sculpture was named Eve, and it was first modeled in 1881. It's made of bronze and is a gift from B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation.

Taken from Wikipedia, "Eve (Hebrew: ???????, Classical Hebrew: ?awwah, in Aramaean and Modern Israeli Hebrew: Chavah, Arabic: ?????, Syriac: ???, Tigrinya: ????? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth[1] of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam's wife although she is not specifically named in the Qur'an.

In the Genesis creation narratives, she was created by Yahweh-Elohim ("Yahweh-God", the god of Israel) by taking her from the rib[2] of Adam, the first human. According to Genesis 1 and 2, Eve is the first woman created by God (Yahweh, the God of Israel). God created her to be Adam's companion. She succumbs to the serpent's temptation via the suggestion that to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would improve on the way God had made her, and that she would not die. She, believing the lie of the serpent rather than the earlier instruction from God, shares the fruit with Adam. As a result, the first humans are expelled from the Garden of Eden. Though traditionally Adam and Eve are said to have been cursed by God, there is no indication of that in the Genesis account. A close look at the Genesis 3 passage reveals that God cursed the serpent,[Gen. 3:14] taking his legs. God told both Adam and Eve what would be some of the consequences to them and their forebears from sin entering the human race. To the woman God prophetically said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you”.[Gen. 3:16] God also told Adam, "Cursed is the ground because of you".[Gen. 3:17] Christian churches differ on how they view both Adam and Eve's disobedience to God (often called the Fall of man), and to the consequences that those actions had on the rest of humanity. Christian and Jewish teachings sometimes hold Adam (the first man) and Eve to a different level of responsibility for the Fall, though Islamic teaching holds both equally responsible.

Though Eve is not a saint's name, the traditional name day of Adam and Eve has been celebrated on December 24 since the Middle Ages in many European countries such as Germany, Hungary, Scandinavia, Estonia, and Lithuania."

Associated Religion(s): Christianity Statue Location: LACMA Entrance Fee: Free Artist: Auguste Rodin Website: Not listed

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