Abstract
The paper is focused on Genesis 1 – 3 where the primordial man [adàm] is created and he was given the proper name Adam [adàm]. In Hebrew man and Adam are the same word, spelled the same way – [adàm]. Different translations of Genesis 1-3 use for the first time the proper name Adam in different places versions Gen 2:25; The German Luther Bible Gen 3:8; Some English Protestant versions Gen 3:17; Bulgarian Protestant and many English Protestant versions Gen 3:20-21). The paper decodes the phenomenon by studying the Hebrew original and several semiotic views on common and proper names . Through these opinions the important question “Who wrote the Bible?” is discussed. The analysis interfaces the new linguistic relativity theory. Four layers of symbolism are decoded: 1. The man became Adam; 2. The two men in Gen 1:27 and in Gen 2:7 man [adàm] is made by earth, ground [adamà]; 3. The two men in the New Testament ; 4. Edom, Adam and cultural discourses in both Testaments.