Encountering Eve's Afterlives
A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 February 2020
- ISBN 9780198842576
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages250 pages
- Size 232x161x20 mm
- Weight 576 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 13 Half-tones 0
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
Encountering Eve's Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2-4 aims to destabilize the persistently pessimistic framing of Eve as a highly negative symbol of femininity within Western culture by engaging with marginal, and even heretical, interpretations that focus on more positive aspects of her character. In doing so, this book questions the myth that orthodox, popular readings represent the 'true' meaning of the first woman's story, and explores the possibility that previously ignored or muted rewritings of Eve are in fact equally 'valid' interpretations of the biblical text.
By staging encounters between the biblical Eve and re-writings of her story, particularly those that help to challenge the interpretative status quo, this book re-frames the first woman using three key themes from her story: sin, knowledge, and life. Thus, it considers how and why the image of Eve as a dangerous temptress has gained considerably more cultural currency than the equally viable pictures of her as a subversive wise woman or as a mourning mother.
The book offers a re-evaluation of the meanings and the myths of Eve, deconstructing the dominance of her cultural incarnation as a predominantly flawed female, and reconstructing a more nuanced presentation of the first woman's role in the Bible and beyond.
Morse provides a well-researched, well-presented, and readable critical assessment of 'Eve's afterlives' that includes heretical, marginal, and forgotten insights in an enriching encounter with Eve.
Table of Contents:
Gallery One Encountering Eve: A Guide
Gallery Two Sin
Eve and Sin in the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Intertexts
Jewish and Christian Reception of Eve as Anti-Intellect
Jewish and Christian reception of Eve as Sinful Mother
Concluding Comments
Gallery Three Knowledge
Eve and Knowledge in the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Intertexts
Gnostic Reception of Eve as a Figure of Knowledge
Postmodern Feminist Reception of Eve as a Figure of Knowledge
Concluding Comments
Gallery Four Life
Mother Eve in the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Intertexts
Mother Eve in the Visual Arts
Mother Eve in the Work of Pre-Twentieth Century Women Writers
Concluding Comments
Gallery Five Everywoman Eve
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