Encountering Eve's afterlives: a new reception critical approach to Genesis 2-4

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Encountering Eve's Alternative Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4 offers an examination of interpretations and imaginings of Eve that challenge popular perceptions of her as the first femme fatale.

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Main Author: Morse, Holly 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press USA - OSO 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Morse, Holly, 1987-, Encountering Eve's afterlives : a new reception critical approach to Genesis 2-4] (2024) (Woolstenhulme, Katherine)
[Rezension von: Morse, Holly, 1987-, Encountering Eve's afterlives : a new reception critical approach to Genesis 2-4] (2022) (Millar, Suzanna, 1991 -)
[Rezension von: Morse, Holly, 1987-, Encountering Eve's afterlives : a new reception critical approach to Genesis 2-4] (2021) (Newsom, Carol Ann, 1950 -)
Series/Journal:Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Greek drama (Tragedy)-History and criticism
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Encountering Eve's Alternative Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4 offers an examination of interpretations and imaginings of Eve that challenge popular perceptions of her as the first femme fatale.
Cover -- Encountering Eve's Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4 -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Gallery One: Encountering Eve: A Guide -- I. NARRATIVE CRITICISM -- II. ANCIENT INTERTEXTS AND INTERPRETATIONS -- III. RECEPTION CRITICISM -- Gallery Two: Sin -- PART I. EVE AND SIN IN THE HEBREW BIBLE -- a. Genesis 2.16-17: Prohibition -- b. Genesis 3.1-5: Temptation -- c. Genesis 3.6: Transgression -- d. Genesis 3.7-13: Realization and Confrontation -- e. Genesis 3.14-16: Consequences -- f. Summary -- PART II. ANCIENT INTERTEXTS AND INTERPRETATIONS -- a. Sirach 25.24 -- b. Hesiod's Pandora -- c. Summary -- PART III. JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN RECEPTION OF EVE AS ANTI-INTELLECT -- a. Eve as Intellectual Inferior -- 1. Philo -- 2. Augustine -- 3. Aquinas -- b. Eve as Foolish Wife -- c. Summary -- PART IV. JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN RECEPTION OF EVE AS SINFUL MOTHER -- a. Eve as Mother of Death -- b. Eve as Monstrous Mother -- 1. Eve as Mother of a Monster -- 2. Monstrous Maternity -- c. Summary -- PART V. CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- Gallery Three: Knowledge -- PART I. EVE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE -- a. Genesis 2.9: The Tree of Knowledge -- b. Genesis 2.17: Prohibition -- c. Genesis 3.1-7: Transgression -- d. Genesis 3.22: God's Motive -- e. Summary -- PART II. ANCIENT INTERTEXTS AND INTERPRETATIONS -- a. The Epic of Gilgamesh-Shamhat -- b. Biblical Wisdom Literature -- c. 1 Enoch -- d. The Greek Life of Adam and Eve -- e. Summary -- PART III. GNOSTIC RECEPTION OF EVE AS A FIGURE OF KNOWLEDGE -- a. Gnostic Appropriations of Genesis -- b. Gnostic Eve -- 1. Eve as Spiritual Helper -- 2. The Metamorphoses of Eve -- c. Summary -- PART IV. POSTMODERN FEMINIST RECEPTION OF EVE AS A FIGURE OF KNOWLEDGE -- a. Feminism and Judaeo-Christian Myth -- b. Eve in Feminist Re-visioning.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
ISBN:978-0-19-258017-7

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