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Lilith
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2023
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On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind
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2020
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On Lilith's long history
Or: Why does your Lilith jump outside a Jewish context?!
In the modern world – and particularly in the US – Lilith is best known from Jewish lore as the demonic first wife of Adam. But her origins are far older and broader, appearing in many cultures with roots in Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean.
She started life in Ancient Sumer (modern-day Iraq) more than four thousand years ago. Here, Read more of this blog post »
In the modern world – and particularly in the US – Lilith is best known from Jewish lore as the demonic first wife of Adam. But her origins are far older and broader, appearing in many cultures with roots in Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean.
She started life in Ancient Sumer (modern-day Iraq) more than four thousand years ago. Here, Read more of this blog post »
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4.5 Stars This is one that won’t appeal to all, although there are moments that are relatable, as well as captivating, overall I think this is one that many will love, and some will not. The length, a little over 650 pages, will put some people off, w" Read more of this review » |
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| Join Rowena, a rebellious, cursed teenager and Halim, the devilishly good-looking 'handler' tasked with delivering her across a divided dystopian UK on a road trip with a difference. Expect witty, punchy dialogue, creepy folk rituals, supernatural vi ...more | |
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"In the days of kings, there was Jezebel.” Megan Barnard brings Israel’s most infamous queen gloriously to life in this passionate and compelling study of female power and agency. Her Jezebel comes screaming into the world and continues in much the sa ...more |
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| PSYCHE AND EROS is the ultimate love story between the god of desire and the mortal princess who has offended his mother, Aphrodite. Their nights are spent together in lustful union - but Psyche must never gaze upon the face of her husband. Needless ...more | |
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I devoured this divine, dazzlingly witty retelling of Sumerian myths. Wilson brings the world’s most ancient texts to life as never before in this joyful, slick, and effortlessly funny novel. Her gods and heroes are heartbreakingly human, fabulously ...more |
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| Kyriacou writes so movingly of the diaspora Cypriot experience, without shying away from the dark, the seedy, the criminal. In her new book she goes further to tell the story of a Cypriot grandmother hanged for murdering her daughter-in-law in London ...more | |
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| From the tantalisingly brief records that have survived of Neferura, princess of Ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty, and only child of Hatshepsut, the female pharoah, Evans has crafted an insightful and timely tale of female power. Evans’ scholarship shine ...more | |
“God had commanded: Be fruitful and multiply! It costs men nothing and women everything.”
― Lilith
― Lilith
“That men would have them believe disobedience was Eve’s vice, when it was her greatest virtue.”
― Lilith
― Lilith
“In the time to come Eve would be reviled. Her disobedience, so it was claimed, the root of all sin, the origin of death itself. What power this one woman had! What an achievement. To invent death against the wishes of an ever-loving god.”
― Lilith
― Lilith
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