In this provocative treatment of the Genesis stories, Phipps maintains that crucial points pertaining to gender have been overlooked because of faulty interpretations that have been accepted uncritically by society for generations. The biblical God was neither masculine or feminine, but transcended traits that various cultures have assigned to one gender or another.
Introduction: The Purpose of Myths
Androgyny in Myths
A Bone of Contention
Eve and Pandora
The Fall and Women
Jesus and Creation
Paradise Continued
Bibliography
Index
WILLIAM E. PHIPPS is Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Chairman of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia. Among his books are Was Jesus Married? and Recovering Biblical Sensuousness.
?. . . A thoughtful approach to a controversial issue and one that
will be of interest especially to scholars of women's studies and
feminist theology.?-Religious Studies Review
." . . A thoughtful approach to a controversial issue and one that
will be of interest especially to scholars of women's studies and
feminist theology."-Religious Studies Review
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