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In the Wake of the Goddesses: Women, Culture and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth
by: Tikva Frymer-Kensky

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The current return to spiritual values has spawned a surge of interest in the ancient goddess-based religions as a remedy to a long tradition of misogyny in the Western religions.

But how accurate are these current representations of the goddess in polytheism? And did Judeo-Christian religion really turn its back on women? These are some of the questions that scholar and feminist Tivka Frymer-Kensky sets out to answer in this iconoclastic study of gender in religions past and present. Her argument, illustrated with fascinating accounts of myth and ritual dating back to the early days of Sumer, Assyria, and Greece, is that although polytheism did accord females an important role, the strict division between male and female actually served to keep women in a subordinate position. The goddesses were progressively "ghettoized": their sphere was eventually relegated to home and hearth, while male gods took over as patrons of wisdom and learning. This dualism was displaced by the Bible, which embraced a surprisingly egalitarian view of human nature in which women were not considered to be inherently inferior.

In a provocative work of biblical scholarship on gender and sexuality, Frymer-Kensky shows that the ideal of monotheism may offer far more to us today than a return to the gender-based worldview of the goddess religions.



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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 220.92
EAN: 9780449907467
Edition: 1st Edition.
ISBN: 0449907465
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: February 10, 1993
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: February 10, 1993
Studio: Ballantine Books

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history on spin-cycle 1 out of 5 stars
Frymer-Kensky is a feminist who also happens to be Jewish and feels that she is therefore obligated to defend what on the face of it is a collection of some of the world's most misogynistic writings. Her sense of loyalty is misplaced. Her thesis, such as it is, seeks to demonstrate that 'pagan' religions are bad for women, while Judaism is good. She does this by redefining 'pagan' as 'the civilized city-states of Sumer-Akkad', rather than 'the folk-beliefs of rural, agricultural or hunter-gatherer ... Read More


 







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