Eve & Adam
Subtitle: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender
Contributors: Linda S. Schearing (Editor); Valarie H. Ziegler (Editor); Kristen E. Kvam (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: April 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780253212719
Subjects: Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Gender studies; Religion: general; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Comparative Religion; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Biblical Commentary - Old Testament; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Bible; Christianity; Commentaries; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Feminism; Genesis I-V; Islam; Judaism; O.T; Religious aspects
First sentence: For two millennia now the Judeo-Christian tradition has placed man a little lower than the angels and woman a little higher than the demons.