TP Gn 3,24 Traditions

Abstract

Gn 3 ends by asserting man’s expulsion from garden of Eden and querubim’s placement at the entrance to prevent Adam’s return. For the purpose TP adds a large tosefta on the expulsion’s cause and the remedy to return. The present research investigates the various traditions contents in tosefta, their meaning and origin. First (1) man presents the text of various targums, then (2) the research of commum traditions, (3) the two versions of same tradition, (4) the analysis of single targum, (5) the various traditions contained, (6) and finaly TP Gn 3,24 datation.