Vita Daphna Arbel
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199837779
- eISBN:
- 9780199932351
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199837779.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
The introduction provides background on the GLAE’s relations to Genesis 2–4, and on its text-forms, editions, translations, provenance, and scholarship, including previous scholarly treatments of ...
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The introduction provides background on the GLAE’s relations to Genesis 2–4, and on its text-forms, editions, translations, provenance, and scholarship, including previous scholarly treatments of Eve. It presents the importance, popularity, and influence of the GLAE in antiquity and beyond, as a means of placing the discussion in the book within a broader context of value and influence. The introduction further discusses methodological perspectives employed in the book, including those developed in literary studies, cultural-historical studies, social sciences, and gender/feminist studies and the value of such methodologies for this investigation. Finally, it provides a brief outline of as a whole, including the content of each chapter, the book’s conclusions, and the implications that can be drawn from the overall discussion.Less
The introduction provides background on the GLAE’s relations to Genesis 2–4, and on its text-forms, editions, translations, provenance, and scholarship, including previous scholarly treatments of Eve. It presents the importance, popularity, and influence of the GLAE in antiquity and beyond, as a means of placing the discussion in the book within a broader context of value and influence. The introduction further discusses methodological perspectives employed in the book, including those developed in literary studies, cultural-historical studies, social sciences, and gender/feminist studies and the value of such methodologies for this investigation. Finally, it provides a brief outline of as a whole, including the content of each chapter, the book’s conclusions, and the implications that can be drawn from the overall discussion.
