What happened to...Eve?

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i asked AI to find the ISBN number....its so easy to do so now... lol.

The clearest standalone edition I found is:

The First Book of Adam and Eve — Rutherford H. Platt
Mamba Press, 2024
ISBN-10: 9798330380589
148 pages.

There is also an older standalone reprint:

First Book of Adam and Eve — Rutherford Platt
Book Jungle, 2009
ISBN-10: 1438519346
ISBN-13: 9781438519340
102 pages.

However, the edition I would recommend for your purpose is the larger collection:

The Forgotten Books of Eden — Rutherford H. Platt
Echo Point Books & Media, 2021
ISBN-10: 1648370187
ISBN-13: 9781648370182
288 pages. It contains both the First and Second Books of Adam and Eve, along with several other ancient writings.

There is also a widely reprinted edition:

The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden
Plume, 1974
ISBN-13: 9780452009448
640 pages.

One important thing, especially given what we've been examining: these modern books are editions of the English translation tradition associated with Solomon Caesar Malan and Rutherford Platt; they are not the original ancient manuscript. The First Book of Adam and Eve is part of the work commonly known as The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, preserved in Ethiopic.

For actually studying the text chapter by chapter, I would choose The Forgotten Books of Eden (ISBN 9781648370182) because it gives you the First and Second Books together rather than an isolated modern reprint.
Who is ...Rutherford H. Platt and do they have any other books under their name?
 
If I were to write a book about Eve, I would write a gardening book. And have pictures identifying all the different fruit trees they had back then where Eden was.
 
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Who is ...Rutherford H. Platt and do they have any other books under their name?
from AI;

Did Platt write other books?​

Absolutely. His own books were mostly about nature. Among the documented titles are:

  • This Green World — 1942
  • Our Flowering World — 1947
  • American Trees: A Book of Discovery — 1952
  • The River of Life — 1956
  • 1001 Questions Answered About Trees — 1959
  • Wilderness: The Discovery of a Continent of Wonder — 1961
  • Adventures in the Wilderness — 1963
  • The Great American Forest — 1965
  • Discover American Trees — 1968
  • Water, the Wonder of Life — 1971
  • A Pocket Guide to the Trees — 1953
There was also The Book of Opportunities: A Dictionary of Jobs, published in 1927, showing that his writing interests were broader than nature alone.

And here is something I think you will find especially interesting​

Platt's Forgotten Books of Eden was not an original scholarly translation made from ancient manuscripts by Platt himself. The collection drew together translations of older pseudepigraphical works that had already been translated and published elsewhere. The 1926 edition was essentially a popular compilation.
 
When you take a bunch of the heretical books that were long condemned by the Christians most correctly, pretend like they were "lost books", and make an anthology of heresy apparently for earthly gain and eternal torment.
 
There's plenty of 'lost books' out there.

Or they just go missing. Actually what happens is they don't get returned to their proper place on the shelf. Dewey is sometimes a nightmare to shelve. Library of Congress has to deal with ACRES of books and has it's own classification system.
 
I've never heard of poisonous fruit.
Well people learned not to eat them.
Or be very careful. Karaka berries is one we have here, but its more the seeds. The flesh ok, just don't swallow the seeds.
People used to believe tomatoes were poisonous.

And of course nowadays with fruits being still sprayed with Lord knows what chemicals, if you don't wash them, you could be eating pesticides.
 
Well people learned not to eat them.
Or be very careful. Karaka berries is one we have here, but its more the seeds. The flesh ok, just don't swallow the seeds.
People used to believe tomatoes were poisonous.

And of course nowadays with fruits being still sprayed with Lord knows what chemicals, if you don't wash them, you could be eating pesticides.
I know about poisonous berries and poisonous plants, but I didn't think berries were fruits. I had to look it up. 😿
 
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I think Eve ran off with Steve after Adam died.

Of course this is just speculation. Maybe her name wasn't even Eve. Maybe it was Lilith of the Valley
 
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