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'The Gnostics took the serpent for knowledge and free-will rather than disobedience and temptation. I have just been sifting my 'Tres Riches Heures de Duc du Berry' and for the first time found an Eve, being tempted, by a serpent holding an apple, who happens to be half female.
The serpent (as woman) tempts Eve the corruptable female: '...It was the woman....'
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