Discovering Eve - Ancient Israelite Women in Context (Paperback, Revised)

The biblical image of Eve has powerfully influenced ideas about women for the past two millennia. Yet, as Carol Meyers argues in Discovering Eve, the image of the first of women as subservient and dependent does not represent some irreducible historical truth. Rather, it represents the androcentric constructions of a group of urban elite males (including, most notably, the Apostle Paul and Rabbi Yohannan) who had a decisive effect on the founding of Judaeo-Christian traditions. Meyers produces convincing evidence, archaeological, scriptural, and sociological, that ancient Israelite woman fulfilled a role very different from that of the biblical Eve. The real Eve, she demonstrates, was a figure of some social substance, a strong and important figure in the social and familial milieux.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	1991
Authors:	Carol Meyers (Associate Professor of Religion)
Dimensions:	203 x 135 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	252
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-506581-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > Biblical archaeology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-19-506581-6
Barcode:	9780195065817

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