Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization : Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve / edited by Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maurice, Lisa, 1968- editor.

Bibring, Ṭovi, 1973- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prometheus (Greek deity).

Pandora (Greek mythological character).

Adam (Biblical figure).

Eve (Biblical figure).

Creation--Mythology.

Gender identity--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color).

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

List of Contributors

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

I. Visual Symbolism: The Iconography of Creation

1

The Use of Prometheus as an exemplar in Third Century Rome (John Bradley,

Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)

2

Innocent in Sense and in Body: Adam and Eve in their Mandorlas (5th century

13th century) (Isabelle Mathian, Ecole du Louvre, France)

3

Prometheus Plasticator: Receptions of the Creation mytheme in Art (Jared A. Simard, New York University, USA)

II. Creation Narratives as a Model for Marriage

4

Eve and Pandora

Myths in Dialogue (Thierry Alcoloumbre, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

5

Tempting Treasures and Seductive Snakes: Presenting Eve and Pandora for the Youngest Readers (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

6

Thematic Intercultural Correspondence on the Creation of the Perfect Woman and the Falling in Love with Her (Ovid, Ibn Hazam, Ibn Hasdai, Ibn Zakbel and Alharizi) (Revital Refael-Vivante, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

III. Pandora, Eve and the Feminine Ideal

7

Adam and Eve: Reflections on a Relationship (Roslyn Weiss, Lehigh University, USA)

8

Eve, the First Woman: On Choice and Responsibility (Yael Shemesh, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

9

Absolving Eve: Medieval Women Writers Remodelling the Creation and the Fall (Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

IV. Ideological Manipulations of the Creation Narrative

10

A Story of Adam and Eve for Soviet Children and Adults: The Divine Comedy, a Puppet-Show Based on the Bible. (Hava B. Korzakova, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

11

Gender Archetypes and National Agendas in the Hebrew Creation Myth of the Daffodil (Vered Tohar, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

12

Genesis 3:15 and 16 and the State of Israel (Susan Weiss, Centre for Women's Justice, Israel)

V. Reinterpreting the Creation Narratives: Post-Modern Readings

13

"The Beautiful Trap Inside Us" : Pandoran Science Fiction & Posthuman Personhood (Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Trinity University, USA).

14

Ridley Scott's Prometheus and the Human Pandora (Edmund Cueva, University of Houston-Downtown, USA)

15

Pandora's Split: Reading the Myth of Pandora in Cruel Beauty (Lily Glasner, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

16

Adam the Alien, Eve the Robot: The Reinterpretation of Adam, Eve, Prometheus and Pandora in Japanese Manga and Anime (Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

Conclusion (Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization

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9781350212848

1350212849

9781350212831

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Publisher Number:

99989607408

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