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Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender
"The editors have performed a great service in making widely available a documentary history of the interpretation of the Eve and Adam story." ―Publishers Weekly
"This fascinating volume examines Genesis 1-3 and the different ways that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpreters have used these passages to define and enforce gender roles. . . . a 'must' . . . " ―Choice
"Wonderful! A marvelous introduction to the ways in which the three major Western religious traditions are both like, and unlike one another." ―Ellen Umansky, Fairfield University
No other text has affected women in the western world as much as the story of Eve and Adam. This remarkable anthology surveys more than 2,000 years of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim commentary and debate on the biblical story that continues to raise fundamental questions about what it means to be a man or to be a woman. The selections range widely from early postbiblical interpretations in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha to the Qur'an, from Thomas Aquinas to medieval Jewish commentaries, from Christian texts to 19th-century antebellum slavery writings, and on to pieces written especially for this volume.
"This fascinating volume examines Genesis 1-3 and the different ways that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpreters have used these passages to define and enforce gender roles. . . . a 'must' . . . " ―Choice
"Wonderful! A marvelous introduction to the ways in which the three major Western religious traditions are both like, and unlike one another." ―Ellen Umansky, Fairfield University
No other text has affected women in the western world as much as the story of Eve and Adam. This remarkable anthology surveys more than 2,000 years of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim commentary and debate on the biblical story that continues to raise fundamental questions about what it means to be a man or to be a woman. The selections range widely from early postbiblical interpretations in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha to the Qur'an, from Thomas Aquinas to medieval Jewish commentaries, from Christian texts to 19th-century antebellum slavery writings, and on to pieces written especially for this volume.
515 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1998
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June 16, 2022
was assigned this as a textbook for a theology class, reread it after the course. it was a dream come true for a woman raised in the church to be able to dissect the doctrine opposed onto you, and to gain insight into the way those stories were shaped in Judaism and Islam. I would recommend to anyone interested in history and feminism.
April 25, 2008
Excellent comparative resource for those interested in how the monotheistic siblings view the mytho-persona of Eve. The sections on Muslim exegesis, however, are somewhat lacking (Tabari, Kisa'i and Ibn al-Arabi). Well-documented.
November 1, 2014
My boyfriend gave me this book to read as a fun quick read for a plane ride. I read it in two days and it was exactly that. Nothing spectacular, but a fun quick read.
February 13, 2017
i love close reading!!!
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