Word: adamancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seraph: Well, no. Let me ask you a question of somewhat narrower scope. How long have you known Adam...
Seraph: No, I don't mean in the Biblical sense. I mean, how long have you been acquainted with Adam...
Several high-ranking angels of both the Seraphim and Cherubim persuasions constituted its membership. It seems that the Committee was especially interested in the case of one Adam (no last name given) who had apparently been involved in the burglary of an apple from something called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (abbreviated in the text as the "TKGE"). It was not completely clear, however, whether this Adam had actually participated in the burglary or whether he had become an accomplice after the fact. The Celestial Committee seems to have been greatly concerned with clarifying this point...
What follows below is a short but important excerpt from the transcripts that have thus far been translated. It contains the testimony of one Eve, who, so the archaeologists claim, was a close female associate of Adam and therefore in one of the best positions to have knowledge of Adam's knowledge of the burglary of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. As will become clear in the text, however, Eve herself was deeply implicated in the burglary thus lending her testimony somewhat dubious credibility...
Seraph: Thank you. Now Eve, before we get started with the detailed questions, I want to state to you, as I have to the other witnesses before you, the two general questions which have informed this phase of our hearings. Now these questions relate to the extent of Adam's involvement both before and after the burglary of the TKGE. Simply put, with a minimum of superfluous verbiage, these questions, admittedly somewhat rhetorical, are as follows: How much did Adam know, and when did he know it? Do you understand the questions...