Eve : the unbearable flaming fire / edited by Mishael M. Caspi, John T. Greene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greene, John T., editor.

Caspi, Mishael, 1932-2013, editor.

Series:

Biblical Intersections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eve (Biblical figure).

Eve.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This anthology on Eve brings together an international group of scholars to discuss how this character has been interpreted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In a time when the history of women is being reassessed, it is natural that women look to the paradigmatic female figure. This treatment of Eve covers her wide range of roles as mother of our race, victim, stooge, wife, companion, independent thinker, and “helper”. A venerated figure by many modern feminists and a denigrated figure by those who blame her for original sin, no reader will leave these pages indifferent to the first woman.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgement

Prolegomenon / Caspi, Mishael M. / Greene, John T.

The Mother of Life and the Infertility of Eden / Havrelock, Rachel S.

The Polarity of Wisdom and Fear of God in the Eden Narrative and in the Book of Proverbs / Forti, Tova

Did Eve Know What was Hidden in the Apple? / Aharony, Irit

The Whore and the Wife / Caspi, Mishael M.

The Death and Resurrection(s) of Eve: Reversing the Misfortunes of the Theios Aner and Other Dying and Rising Gods and Goddesses / Greene, John T.

Eve in Eden / Hain, Herb

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781463234195

1463234198

OCLC:

882243164