The Word According To Eve

In this account of women and the Bible, the author questions the roles traditionally assigned to them, resulting in a fresh history of religion which offers new challenges to our sense of worship.

A prominent journalist reports on what the latest scholarship reveals about the women in Holy Writ--and the women, ancient and modern, who have been left out of it.

Word Guild Awards Shortlist — Academic What does it mean to be male and female? Do women and men have different intellectual, spiritual, moral, or emotional capacities? Are women especially suited for serving and men for leading? Are women and men equal? While these may seem like relatively recent questions, they have been a topic of conversation throughout Christian history. At the center of this conversation is the biblical character Eve, the archetypal woman of Genesis 1-3. Not simply one woman among many, Eve comes to represent all women, defining the very essence of what it is to be female. As Eve was a woman, so all women were Eve, the conditions of her creation and her involvement in the Fall often serving as a justification for limitations placed on women and for their subordination to men. Over the centuries, women themselves have read and interpreted the story of Eve, scrutinizing the details of the text to discern God's word for them. Often their investigations led them to insights and interpretations that differed from dominant views, shaped as they were by men. The Gospel According to Eve traces the history of women's interpretation of Genesis 1-3, readings of Scripture that affirmed women's full humanity and equal worth. Biblical scholar Amanda Benckhuysen allows the voices of women from the past to speak of Eve's story and its implications for marriage, motherhood, preaching, ministry, education, work, voting, and more.

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* Across the country, biblical women are the subject of Bible study groups, Web sites, and reading groups * Includes fascinating female figures from both the Old and New Testament * Everything® religion books have sold 350,000 copies From Eve, the first mother of humankind; to Bathsheba, King David's illicit love; to Mary Magdalene, eyewitness to the resurrection of Jesus, The Everything® Women of the Bible Book examines the women's lives and their roles in the Jewish and Christian faiths. This accessible guide introduces readers to the female characters of the Bible, including: * Adulteresses, Courtesans, Dancers, and Deceivers * Women Who Caused Murder * Prophetesses * Great Beauties * Disciples and Followers of Jesus The Everything® Women of the Bible Book is filled with fascinating and moving stories of women living in extraordinary times. AUTHOR: Meera Lester (San Jose, CA), an internationally published author, converted to Catholicism when she was a teenager. She is the author of The Everything® Gnostic Gospels Book, The Everything® Mary Magdalene Book, and Mary Magdalene: The Modern Guide to the Bible's Most Mysterious and Misunderstood Woman.

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“Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” —Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography Daring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity The most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, acclaimed scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores it with profound appreciation for its cultural and psychological power as literature. From the birth of the Hebrew Bible to the awe-inspiring contributions of Augustine, Dürer, and Milton in bringing Adam and Eve to vivid life, Greenblatt unpacks the story’s many interpretations and consequences over time. Rich allegory, vicious misogyny, deep moral insight, narrow literalism, and some of the greatest triumphs of art and literature: all can be counted as children of our “first” parents.

Explores the literature of the New Testament of the Bible, highlighting the many messages contained within the text and outlining issues that can be discussed by heralding these messages. Also provides background of the time period and locations in which the New Testament was written.