Eve and Adam Jewish Christian and Muslim Readings by Kristen E. Kvam PAPERBACK

Eve and AdamJewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender\nAuthor(s): Kristen E. Kvam, Linda S. Schearing, Valarie H. Ziegler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253212719, 978-0253212719\nSynopsis\n\""The editors have performed a great service in making widely available a documentary history of the interpretation of the Eve and Adam story.\"" Publishers Weekly\n\n \""This fascinating volume examines Genesis 1-3 and the different ways that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpreters have used these passages to define and enforce gender roles. . . . a 'must' . . . \"" Choice\n\n \""Wonderful! A marvelous introduction to the ways in which the three major Western religious traditions are both like, and unlike one another.\"" Ellen Umansky, Fairfield University\n\n No other text has affected women in the western world as much as the story of Eve and Adam. This remarkable anthology surveys more tha.