The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-02
DESCENDANTS OF EvE ANp LILIrH
George Harvey Saws Former Are Anti


George Harvey Says Former Are Anti
Sutfragists and Latter Suffragettes.
That the snake was a male we feel far
less certain. Indeed, there are many
evidences, both external and Internal
though not contained in Genesis, to the
contrary. Ezra was an able and con-
seienticns editor, but made errors OF
Judgment, as other editors have done
since, especially in discriminating be-
tween the essentials and non-essentials
Of complete narrative. For years aud
years theologians have been trying in
vain to reconcile the Jehovistic and Flo.
histic accounts Of creation presented in
Genesis. We are convinced that the ne
cessity Of making specious and meon-
vinclng explanations would never have
arisen II Ezra had not edited so closely
But his omission, whether from heed
lessness or design, Of any reference what
ever to the very important part played
BY Lihth in the beginning Of things
seems hardly pardonable. The materials
were at hand, drawn from the same
sources as those which he utilized The
Chaldean Inscriptions and the Arabic
legends. extant in Babylon while he was
engaged upon his great work, afford a
quite simple solution Of the vexatious
problem. Lilith was created at the same
time and in the same way as Adam
Male and female created he them" and
endowed them with equal rights and pnvi-
leges But. runs the chronicle, Adam,
taetless and domnesring. began the
first conversation BY declaring that b.
was to be the master" The high.spirit.
ed lady Indignantly repudiated this claim
of superior authority. Whereupon, Ad-
am insisting, Lilith uttered a certain
spell called schem. hammphorasch. of ia
nous potency in Jewish folk lore, OBJ
tanned wings therby and flew out orI
Eden and out Of sight" or as stated
subsequently IN Revelations, not edited By
Ezra, "To the woman were given two
wings Of great eagle. that she might
iiy into the wilderness" How snbse-
quently Liliih married Samael, who u.
lumined a character not otherwise above
reproach by treating her as an equal and
left many descendants, some of whom
are even now bombarding the houses
Of Parliament, though interesting ana
important, is not germane to, a consid-
Grafton Of the relative merits Of snakes
But even IN that early day it was reeog-
nized to be i'll for man to live alone.
50 a second wife was formed and this (
time cut Of Adams rib in order that
there should be no question Of her sub /
lection
We perceive, therefore, that Ezra had
only to tell the whole story to harmon
lie the two seemingly conflicting Biblical
accounts Of creation. His reasons for
eliminating so material a portion are,
as We have said, eonjeetural. II may be /
that he feared to offend the pride Of his \
people BY letting them know that their
original aneestress WAS a second wife,
or be may have been an anti-suiffagistl
and DESTROYS Of Withholding from the
equal rights movement the advantage Of I
scripturai authority Accepting the Ar. I
able version which incidentally was de- I
rived from Jewish sources By converts /
of Mahomet from Cabbalism and Rabin- /
ism, we must conclude that now. strictly 4
speaking. anti-suffraeists should he re-
garded as daughters of Eve and snifrag- I
lists as daughters Of Lilith To both I
would accrue certain satisfaction from 4
such determination Eve seems to have
been the better woman but ereduous
and stupid; while Lilith. though a dis
turher of domestic tranquility and some-
what peremptory in manner. was far
more intelligent and handsome, had /
beautiful hair and dressed like a queen 1
in comparison with Eve in her tradition
ally simple raiment. George Harvey, in /
The North American Review for Au.
gust.