Eve, the History of an Idea

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Harper & Row, 1984 - Religion - 200 pages
This study examines Eve as a prototype in religion, mythology, art, history, and literature, finding in the vagaries of the evolving story of the first woman the key to Western attitudes toward all women through the centuries. By showing just what the image of "the Mother of All the Living" has suffered at the hands of "the shapers of the Eve tradition," J. A. Phillips reveals the essential attitudes toward women that are our heritage.--From publisher description.

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Contents

CREATION
1
The Sorrow to Men Who Eat Bread
16
The Lady of the Rib
25

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About the author (1984)

John A. Phillips holds a B.Sc. in electronics from the University of Southampton, UK. Phillips is the manager for European wireless access standards in the Advanced Technology Division of Nortel plc in the UK.

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