red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent history and that of his descendants are detailed in the first book of Moses (Gen 1: 27-ch 5) "God created man [Heb , Adam] in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them "
Robert Adam (1728-92): eminent architect who designed furniture for the houses he built or re-modelled; famous for his revival of the classical style, based on Ancient Greek and Roman taste, begun in England during the 1760's
Scottish brothers Robert and James Adam practiced as architects and designers, employing cabinetmakers, painters, and sculptors to execute their designs
In Genesis, the name Adam literally means "ruddy," from the Hebrew for "red"; it possibly derives from an Akkadian word meaning "creature " In the older creation account (Gen 2: 4-4: 26), Adam is simply "the man [earthling]," which is not rendered as a proper name until the Septuagint version (c 250 b c e ) New Testament writers typically use Adam as a symbol of all humanity (as in 1 Cor 15: 21-49 and Rom 5: 12-21) See Fall, the
British architect who led the neoclassical movement in England and is noted for his elegant interior designs and for collaborations with his brother James (1730-1794). Adam and Eve Adam's Peak Adam Robert Elsheimer Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Oehlenschläger Adam Gottlob Powell Adam Clayton Jr. Sedgwick Adam Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Alexander Pius Smith Adam
First man mentioned in Genesis and thus the paradigm for the human being Adam features in many pseudepigraphic texts of the Second Temple period found at Qumran
(Hebrew for "human man") Name given to first created male (with Eve as female) in the creation story in Hebrew Scriptures (Bereishis [Genesis] 1) Has been interpreted over the centuries both literally (as an actual historical person) and symbolically (as a generic humankind)
Furniture designed by the 18th-Century English architects Robert and James Adam, in the same Pompeiian classicism which marked their houses Pieces are delicate and slim, and have simple straight lines and restrained ornamentation