1
Adam is fashioned from the earth, and the Syriac tradition expands the biblical image by connecting his bodily substance with the regions of the created world.
2
Breath and life are given to him, and he is established as a living being under command.
3
His body is earthly, but his vocation is higher than the dust from which it is formed.
4
The work repeatedly returns to this union of dust, divine gift, command, mortality, and promised restoration.