Eve and Adam

Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, Bible & Bible Studies, Criticism & Interpretation
Cover of the book Eve and Adam by , Indiana University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780253109033
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: May 15, 1999
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780253109033
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: May 15, 1999
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Indiana University Press

Cover of the book Written in Blood by
Cover of the book In Service of Emergent India by
Cover of the book Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa by
Cover of the book Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the US-Mexico Border by
Cover of the book Medical Transitions in Twentieth-Century China by
Cover of the book Doc by
Cover of the book The Essential Caputo by
Cover of the book Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology by
Cover of the book World Without End by
Cover of the book After the Roundup by
Cover of the book If You Need Me I’ll Be Over There by
Cover of the book Woman at the Devil's Door by
Cover of the book Derrida and the Inheritance of Democracy by
Cover of the book Comrade Huppert by
Cover of the book Visions of Avant-Garde Film by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy