Author : Mineke Schipper
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300102499
In this study the author analyses similarities, differences and contradictions in the cultural norms about gender expressed in proverbs she has found in oral and written sources from over 150 countries. Grouping the proverbs into categories as the female body, love, sex, childbirth and the female power, the author examines shared patterns in ideas about women and how men see them.
Author : Darlene Dauphin
Publisher :
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2019-02-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781796902563
Adam's First Wife is an account of the story of Lilith, named in Gnostic and ancient Hebrew literature as the original wife of the man, Adam, his first "helpmeet". Described in those texts as having been created from " filth and sediment" instead of "pure dust," she was a woman of color. This mysterious dark-skinned woman is lauded as beautiful and blue-eyed. Simultaneously, she is named as the prototype of the incubus, night monster in early legend. Called a seducer in nightmares, vilified by gossip, she was eliminated as a real person and her possible historical legacy removed through denial of her very existence. Eve's descendants , the development of systemic colorism and certainly the seventeenth century scholars of King James attempted to omit every reference to her, even as an ancient queen. But, "she" existed.
Author : Daniel Chanan Matt
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809123872
This is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar, the major text of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. This work was written in 13th-century Spain by Moses de Leon, a Spanish scholar.
Author : Steve Preston
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781505351606
This book is not about Eve. Instead, it is about the woman that was made when Adam was made. If you have ever wondered about Genesis story with respect to Adam trying to find a helpmate ; this will help you understand. God did not forget to make a woman for Adam, nor did Adam, initially, go around a see if any of the animals were compatible with him. By the way, Adam quickly determined that the skunk would not make a good helpmeet. Also, I must tell you, snakes did not have legs in the Garden of Eden. The Bible doesn't say that, so don't go believing that the Bible is wrong in its description of Adam and the whole Garden of Eden visual description as laid out by Moses.
Author : Mark Biggs
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 16,11 MB
Release : 2010-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0557273633
The legend of Lilith is undoubtedly the most fantastic of all ancient rabbinic myths. According to lore, God created her from dust alongside Adam. However, Lilith was a failed mate. She was not animated by the breath of God like Adam. Rather she was preemptively animated by a Satanic mist which erupted from the ground. Lilith rebelled against Adam and became the infamous Serpent who deceived Eve and caused Adam to fall. Therefore, God established eternal enmity between the Serpent Lilith and Eve and between their seed. Lilith's seed would bruise the heel of Eve's promised seed, Messiah, but Eve's seed would revive to crush Lilith’s head. This book reveals 23 Biblical evidences that prompted ancient rabbis to conclude the various elements of Lilith's legend. It also explains how her legend is completely consistent with traditional Judaic / Christian teachings on the Bible's redemptive message. Her legend solves many ancient Biblical mysteries, such as why the Serpent bears seed like Eve.
Author : David Colbert
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 28,52 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780425205631
Examines the origins and hidden meanings of the characters and plots within C.S. Lewis's Narnia series.
Author : Howard Schwartz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2006-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0195327136
Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz has gathered together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths. For each myth, he includes extensive commentary, revealing the source of the myth and explaining how it relates to other Jewish myths as well as to world literature --from publisher description
Author : Solomon Caesar Malan
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 23,66 MB
Release : 2018-11-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780344732997
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Author :
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 031071883X
Retells, in illustrations and simple text, the biblical story of Genesis, from the creation of light through the explusion from Eden.
Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 6793 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0310294142
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
