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Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization : Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve

Title
Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization : Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve / edited by Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring.
Publication
  • London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Maurice, Lisa, 1968-
  • Bibring, Ṭovi, 1973-
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Description
1 online resource.
Series Statement
Bloomsbury studies in classical reception
Uniform Title
Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
Subject
  • Prometheus (Greek deity)
  • Pandora (Greek mythological character)
  • Adam (Biblical figure)
  • Eve (Biblical figure)
  • Creation > Mythology
  • Gender identity > Religious aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).
Contents
  • List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- I. Visual Symbolism: The Iconography of Creation -- 1 -- The Use of Prometheus as an exemplar in Third Century Rome (John Bradley, -- Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) -- 2 -- Innocent in Sense and in Body: Adam and Eve in their Mandorlas (5th century -- 13th century) (Isabelle Mathian, Ecole du Louvre, France) -- 3 -- Prometheus Plasticator: Receptions of the Creation mytheme in Art (Jared A. Simard, New York University, USA) -- II. Creation Narratives as a Model for Marriage -- 4 -- Eve and Pandora -- Myths in Dialogue (Thierry Alcoloumbre, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- 5 -- Tempting Treasures and Seductive Snakes: Presenting Eve and Pandora for the Youngest Readers (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- 6 -- Thematic Intercultural Correspondence on the Creation of the Perfect Woman and the Falling in Love with Her (Ovid, Ibn Hazam, Ibn Hasdai, Ibn Zakbel and Alharizi) (Revital Refael-Vivante, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- III. Pandora, Eve and the Feminine Ideal -- 7 -- Adam and Eve: Reflections on a Relationship (Roslyn Weiss, Lehigh University, USA) -- 8 -- Eve, the First Woman: On Choice and Responsibility (Yael Shemesh, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- 9 -- Absolving Eve: Medieval Women Writers Remodelling the Creation and the Fall (Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- IV. Ideological Manipulations of the Creation Narrative -- 10 -- A Story of Adam and Eve for Soviet Children and Adults: The Divine Comedy, a Puppet-Show Based on the Bible. (Hava B. Korzakova, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- 11 -- Gender Archetypes and National Agendas in the Hebrew Creation Myth of the Daffodil (Vered Tohar, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- 12 -- Genesis 3:15 and 16 and the State of Israel (Susan Weiss, Centre for Women's Justice, Israel) -- V. Reinterpreting the Creation Narratives: Post-Modern Readings -- 13 -- "The Beautiful Trap Inside Us" : Pandoran Science Fiction & Posthuman Personhood (Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Trinity University, USA).
  • 14 -- Ridley Scott's Prometheus and the Human Pandora (Edmund Cueva, University of Houston-Downtown, USA) -- 15 -- Pandora's Split: Reading the Myth of Pandora in Cruel Beauty (Lily Glasner, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- 16 -- Adam the Alien, Eve the Robot: The Reinterpretation of Adam, Eve, Prometheus and Pandora in Japanese Manga and Anime (Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- Conclusion (Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9781350212848
  • 1350212849
  • 9781350212831
  • 1350212830
LCCN
2021034473
OCLC
2021034473
Title
Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization : Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve / edited by Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring.
Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Bloomsbury studies in classical reception
Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).
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Available from home with a valid library card
Added Author
Maurice, Lisa, 1968- editor.
Bibring, Ṭovi, 1973- editor.
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Print version: Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization 1. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 9781350212824 (DLC) 2021034472
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