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Rediscovering Eve: Eden, Women, and the Plan
“[I] felt like shouting hallelujah,” exclaimed one woman after hearing Eliza R. Snow speak in 1882. During the mid- to late 1800s, Snow was a key figure in expanding women’s participation and leadership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a writer, organizer, temple worker, and advocate for women. She was also an accomplished public speaker, giving nearly thirteen hundred recorded discourses between 1840 and her death in 1887. Of those discourses, fifty-two of the most powerful and timeless have been selected and carefully annotated for this book.
Beyond her work in Relief Societies, Snow also helped create the church’s associations for young women and children and participated in the development of those organizations at the ward, stake, and general levels. John Taylor appointed her as the general president of the Relief Society in 1880, a position in which she served until her death.
Snow’s discourses include religious instruction, urging women to awaken to their divine potential. She also encouraged them to engage in home manufacture, become politically involved and vote, enroll in medical courses, and subscribe to and write for the Woman’s Exponent, an independent Latter-day Saint women’s newspaper of the time.
Eliza R. Snow called upon all Latter-day Saints to become “coworkers” with Christ as “joint heirs” with Him and “saviors on Mount Zion”—a call that remains relevant today. Her words can enlarge current work in ministering, speaking, and teaching.
Beyond her work in Relief Societies, Snow also helped create the church’s associations for young women and children and participated in the development of those organizations at the ward, stake, and general levels. John Taylor appointed her as the general president of the Relief Society in 1880, a position in which she served until her death.
Snow’s discourses include religious instruction, urging women to awaken to their divine potential. She also encouraged them to engage in home manufacture, become politically involved and vote, enroll in medical courses, and subscribe to and write for the Woman’s Exponent, an independent Latter-day Saint women’s newspaper of the time.
Eliza R. Snow called upon all Latter-day Saints to become “coworkers” with Christ as “joint heirs” with Him and “saviors on Mount Zion”—a call that remains relevant today. Her words can enlarge current work in ministering, speaking, and teaching.
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208 pages, Hardcover
Published April 13, 2026
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May 14, 2026
This was a wonderful book that made me think about Eve in many ways new to me. It is clear the author is an accomplished biblical scholar and I loved learning insights she has gained through her study of the Bible and the Hebrew language. I can see myself reading this again.
Note: the Book Description is wrong for this book. It should be:
As Latter-day Saints, we revere Mother Eve. Her choice to eat the fruit and her courage to choose God’s plan are celebrated. Yet her role—and what it implies about women in general—hasn’t always been clearly understood.
Genesis 2:18 describes Eve as “an help meet” (King James Version). But what exactly is a “help meet”? Some interpretations of this scripture have cast Eve as a helper, a sidekick—never a main character. But what if “help meet” means something completely different? Something more insightful and powerful?
In Rediscovering Eve, Hebrew scholar Rebekah Call draws on her extensive knowledge of ancient languages to examine the narrative of the Garden of Eden in Genesis, and she presents possible retranslations of “help meet.” This fresh understanding of the garden and of Eve enhances our view of the potential of women and the expansive roles they can fill.
Women can be warriors. Women can be shepherds. They can be sources of life and knowledge. And they can be so much more.With the new insights presented in this book, we can increase our conviction that women and men were always divinely designed to be equal partners. We can better appreciate women’s God-given callings to lead, serve, teach, and protect the people around them. By “rediscovering” what we know about Eve in the Garden of Eden, we reaffirm what our hearts have always known—women have divinely bestowed gifts and a unique spiritual capacity that can bless families, the Church, and the world.
Note: the Book Description is wrong for this book. It should be:
As Latter-day Saints, we revere Mother Eve. Her choice to eat the fruit and her courage to choose God’s plan are celebrated. Yet her role—and what it implies about women in general—hasn’t always been clearly understood.
Genesis 2:18 describes Eve as “an help meet” (King James Version). But what exactly is a “help meet”? Some interpretations of this scripture have cast Eve as a helper, a sidekick—never a main character. But what if “help meet” means something completely different? Something more insightful and powerful?
In Rediscovering Eve, Hebrew scholar Rebekah Call draws on her extensive knowledge of ancient languages to examine the narrative of the Garden of Eden in Genesis, and she presents possible retranslations of “help meet.” This fresh understanding of the garden and of Eve enhances our view of the potential of women and the expansive roles they can fill.
Women can be warriors. Women can be shepherds. They can be sources of life and knowledge. And they can be so much more.With the new insights presented in this book, we can increase our conviction that women and men were always divinely designed to be equal partners. We can better appreciate women’s God-given callings to lead, serve, teach, and protect the people around them. By “rediscovering” what we know about Eve in the Garden of Eden, we reaffirm what our hearts have always known—women have divinely bestowed gifts and a unique spiritual capacity that can bless families, the Church, and the world.
May 14, 2026
I thought this book was amazing, but there is a problem on this Goodreads post. The book jacket and description do not match the title. The book I read was “Rediscovering Eve” but the picture on here and the book description listed are for another one of Rebekah Call’s books!
May 15, 2026
The cover page is for the wrong book. I read rediscovering Eve and it was excellent. So interesting.
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