Eternally Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry (HBI Series on Jewish Women)
“In this wide-ranging work, Lapidus Lerner shows how the typical depiction of Eve as a subservient, and as an evil temptress is wrong. Through a close reading of biblical and rabbinic texts, as well as modern Hebrew, Yiddish, and English poems, she shows a much more complex and interesting Eve. Her method, which allows each text to speak for itself, and to gain more depth through juxtaposition to other texts, yields significant insights into a wide variety of compositions, and offers an important addition to the growing body of Jewish scholarly feminist literature.”—Marc Z. Brettler, Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies, Chair of Near Eastern and Judail Studies, Brandeis University“An erudite exercise in comparative literature, feminist inquiry, and biblical exegesis . . . this work will benefit not only students of Jewish literature but also anyone who seeks to understand Eve as textual figure and cultural appropriation.”—Choice“Ample glossaries and indexes contribute a great deal to the accessibility of Dr. Lerner’s work, but the book is indispensable simply because Eve’s story is our story.”—CJ: Voices of Conservative Judaism“Throughout time Eve as an icon of female sexuality has served as a touchstone for the erotic in women's lives. Readers of Eternally Eve will find their conception of male/female relationships transformed.”—Dr. Ruth Westheimer