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.
Vita Daphna Arbel
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199837779
- eISBN:
- 9780199932351
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199837779.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
This book investigates representations of the emblematic first woman by examining one of the earliest and most influential accounts of Adam and Eve subsequent to the Hebrew Bible, namely the ...
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This book investigates representations of the emblematic first woman by examining one of the earliest and most influential accounts of Adam and Eve subsequent to the Hebrew Bible, namely the apocryphal Greek Life of Adam and Eve (GLAE) from antiquity. It further considers the cultural and ideological significance of these representations. Previous studies of the GLAE’s complex historical and literary development have paved the way for considering additional thematic issues. One such issue is the representation of Eve. Treating the figure of Eve as a culturally constructed representation of woman, this book employs observations from contemporary sociological perspectives, traditional biblical scholarship, studies of the Books of Adam and Eve, and critical feminist theory to examine pivotal issues that have not yet been investigated in previous scholarship. The book offers a nuanced examination of the GLAE’s multifaceted and at times contradictory depictions of Eve/femininity. It situates these literary depictions within the hybrid Greco-Roman cultural world in which they emerged and looks at the extent to which they both reflect and construct contemporaneous concepts in regard to Eve’s/women’s standing, role, authority, and realms of experiences. Finally, the book considers how the GLAE narrative endows the biblical story of Eve with new contemporaneous details and meanings that, in turn, establish building blocks for later traditions. Aiming to introduce a dynamic study of the GLAE’s Eve, each chapter investigates a distinct representation of the first woman, revealing a web of traditions and voices—be they official, dogmatic, popular, or subversive—that converge in a multivocal dialogue over Eve/femininity in the cultural landscape of antiquity.Less
This book investigates representations of the emblematic first woman by examining one of the earliest and most influential accounts of Adam and Eve subsequent to the Hebrew Bible, namely the apocryphal Greek Life of Adam and Eve (GLAE) from antiquity. It further considers the cultural and ideological significance of these representations. Previous studies of the GLAE’s complex historical and literary development have paved the way for considering additional thematic issues. One such issue is the representation of Eve. Treating the figure of Eve as a culturally constructed representation of woman, this book employs observations from contemporary sociological perspectives, traditional biblical scholarship, studies of the Books of Adam and Eve, and critical feminist theory to examine pivotal issues that have not yet been investigated in previous scholarship. The book offers a nuanced examination of the GLAE’s multifaceted and at times contradictory depictions of Eve/femininity. It situates these literary depictions within the hybrid Greco-Roman cultural world in which they emerged and looks at the extent to which they both reflect and construct contemporaneous concepts in regard to Eve’s/women’s standing, role, authority, and realms of experiences. Finally, the book considers how the GLAE narrative endows the biblical story of Eve with new contemporaneous details and meanings that, in turn, establish building blocks for later traditions. Aiming to introduce a dynamic study of the GLAE’s Eve, each chapter investigates a distinct representation of the first woman, revealing a web of traditions and voices—be they official, dogmatic, popular, or subversive—that converge in a multivocal dialogue over Eve/femininity in the cultural landscape of antiquity.
