Apocalypse of Adam

Record summary

The Apocalypse of Adam is framed as Adam’s final instruction to Seth and recounts primordial history, flood traditions, rival human generations, and future salvation associated with a heavenly illuminator. It matters for comparison because it reworks Genesis, Jewish apocalyptic motifs, and Christian-sounding salvation language into a distinctive cosmology. The text survives in a Coptic manuscript from Nag Hammadi, while its original language, date, sources, and relationship to later Christian interpretation remain uncertain. It should be treated as a theological composition rather than a memory of primeval events.