Eternally Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry

by Anne Lapidus Lerner

Book Overview

The biblical accounts of Eve's life are central to Western culture, occupying a privileged place in our literature and art, culture, and society. For both Judaism and Christianity, these stories involving Eve have for centuries been entangled with the religious and social construction of gender. The ambiguous biblical record of her life from the two versions of her creation, through her encounter with the forbidden fruit, to her expulsion from Eden,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584655739
• ISBN13: 9781584655732
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"