The Creation of Adam is traditionally thought of as illustrating the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man.

When creation is spoken into existence by the Word, the Logos, of God, He imparts to every created being its own logos, its own word: the imprint of meaning and God’s intention in His creation.

And that same God tells us that in a world of 82 Christian nations and 56 Muslim ones, there is room for one small Jewish State. [1] This essay was originally written by Rabbi Sacks in September 2010.

They are both created by God and one could argue that the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib reveals how closely intertwined male and female identities are at the very beginning.

The 16th-century Florentine artist Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling and the upper section of its walls.

Then the heavens declare the glory of God in the law and order of creation. The writer of the book of Hebrews says of the Lord that “he upholdeth all things by the word of his power.” ...

God extended the astounding gift of existence to something less perfect than himself. ... The creation of Adam, a detail from Michelangelo’s painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome.