Adam (rabbinic tradition)

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Not a giant in Genesis, but rabbinic aggadah describes the first man as of cosmic stature, reduced after the transgression. Included because it is the root of the "diminishing generations" motif that later giant traditions inherit.

Named in the Dead Sea Scrolls (notably the Book of Giants), 1 Enoch, Jubilees and related non-canonical literature.

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Also known asAdam ha-Rishon
Lineage First man (of vast stature in aggadah) · race detail
TraditionTalmud; Midrash
RegionEden / the earth
EraPrimordial
Stature as recordedTalmud Chagigah 12a: from the earth to the firmament, and from one end of the world to the other, before being diminished
Primary referencesBabylonian Talmud, Chagigah 12a; Sanhedrin 38b; Genesis Rabbah 8:1
Source Sefaria: Chagigah 12a

Stature is recorded as the source states it, in that source’s own units. It is not a verified measurement unless this record sits in the Modern documented record class.

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