亚当夏娃浮沉录

回溯文学与艺术中的人类起源故事

再现人类之欲望和恐惧的漫长历史

亚当和夏娃的故事如同人类整体的影子，在宗教、文学、艺术、哲学中生生不息，它既是对人类责任的赞歌，也是关于人类悲惨境遇的黑暗寓言。斯蒂芬·格林布拉特通过回溯这一故事的巨大价值，在人类起源与现代文明之间架起一座桥梁，展现了其中丰富的寓言、性与道德的冲突、恶毒的厌女症，以及深刻的道德洞察，并一直追踪到这一故事在当代的后达尔文式坚持。

格林布拉特大胆地提出，亚当和夏娃的故事仍然是社会科学和人文科学可以参照的典范。故事中的一切是真实还是虚构，是得到还是失去，是纯洁还是邪恶，是正确还是错误……这些既是悖论，又必定共存，能够引发我们对当今社会中婚姻自由、女性权利以及自由的尺度等问题的思考。

With all his usual clarity and freshness, one of our foremost literary historians and critics sets out a comprehensive picture of how a story foundational for European civilization developed, from its origins in western Asia to its much-contested place in the post-Darwinian world… This is a rich, learned, lively book, which should engage all who are interested in the history of our imagination and the interweavings of faith, poetics, and philosophy.

— Rowan Williams, former archbishop of Canterbury

斯蒂芬·格林布拉特是最重要的文学史家和评论家之一，他以其一贯的清晰和饱满，全面阐述了一个奠定欧洲文明基础的故事是如何发展的，从它在西亚的起源到它在后达尔文主义世界中备受争议的地位……这是一本学术性强、内容丰富，又生动活泼的书，它会吸引所有对我们想象力的历史，以及信仰、诗学和哲学的交织感兴趣的人。

——罗云·威廉斯，前坎特伯雷大主教

A rare combination of wide-ranging erudition with verve of exposition. Even the most familiar materials are seen in a fresh, and humane, light. This is a book that makes one understand why old myths matter, even when they perceived unblinkingly as myths.

— Robert Alter, author of Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible

这是难得的广博学识与论述魄力的结合。即使是最熟悉的材料，他也以一种新鲜的、人文的眼光来看待。这是一本让人明白为什么即使古老的神话被不加掩饰地认为是神话，却仍然很重要的书。

——罗伯特·阿尔特，《铁笔：美国散文与詹姆士王钦定本圣经》作者

Most modern theories of human civilisation are, fundamentally, about the need to deal with mortality. Stephen Greenblatt’s thrilling new book, however, on the peregrinations of the story of Adam and Eve – the world’s most influential attempt to arrest the infinite regress of creation – shows just how central the question of human origins has been to pre-scientific conceptions of humanity.

—Tim Whitmarsh, Guardian

大多数关于人类文明的现代理论，从根本上说，都关乎一种处理人类必死的命运的需要。然而，斯蒂芬·格林布拉特的新书惊心动魄地讲述了亚当和夏娃的故事——世界上最有影响力的阻止创世无限倒退的尝试，并揭示了人类起源问题对于前科学时代的人类概念是多么重要。

——蒂姆·惠特马什（《与神作战：古代世界的无神论》作者），《卫报》

Bare then clothed, innocent then ashamed, blessed then cursed, sheltered then exiled. Stephen Greenblatt tracks Adam and Eve from an astute reading of the ancient origins of their story through a serendipitous tour of their afterlife in Jewish, Christian, and sometimes Muslim art, literature, and philosophy down to their post-Darwinian persistence in our own time. Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.

— Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography and general editor of The Norton Anthology of World Religions

赤身裸体然后衣冠楚楚，天真无邪然后羞愧难当，受到祝福然后被下诅咒，得到庇护然后遭受放逐。斯蒂芬·格林布拉特进行了一场偶然之旅，走入了亚当和夏娃在犹太教、基督教，甚至是伊斯兰教的艺术、文学和哲学中的来世，从对亚当夏娃故事的古老起源的精辟解读，追踪到其在我们这个时代的后达尔文式的坚持。其中充满无尽的启迪和纯粹的阅读乐趣。

——杰克·迈尔斯，《上帝传》作者，《诺顿世界宗教文集》主编

[A]lmost dizzying in its scope; Greenblatt draws from history, religion, art and science, and he writes about all of these fields with infectious enthusiasm. It's a strikingly intelligent book, but it's also accessible; he's a clear, unpretentious writer who can hardly hide his fascination with the subject.

—Michael Schaub, NPR Books

这本书涉及的范围几乎令人眼花缭乱；格林布拉特从历史、宗教、艺术和科学中汲取灵感，以富有感染力的热情探讨了所有这些领域。这是一本令人瞩目的智慧之书，但它也是通俗易懂的；格林布拉特是一个难以掩饰其对这个主题之迷恋的干净、朴实的作家。

——迈克尔·肖布，美国国家公共电台图书公司

Greenblatt’s particular genius is in synthesizing a vast array of knowledge, connecting the dots between anthropology, archaeology, biology, theology, history, philosophy, art and literature. . . . In The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve he does this brilliantly, creating a compelling and nuanced account.

— Patricia L. Hagen, Minneapolis StarTribune

格林布拉特的天赋在于，他综合了大量的知识，将人类学、考古学、生物学、神学、历史、哲学、艺术和文学联系起来……在《亚当夏娃浮沉录》中，他出色地完成了这一工作，做出了令人信服的、细致入微的阐述。

——派翠西亚·L.哈根，《明尼阿波利斯明星论坛报》

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