Gender, creation myths and their reception in western civilization : Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve /: Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring.
• Editors: Maurice, Lisa, 1968-; Bibring, Ṭovi, 1973-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 231.7/65; Creation -- Mythology; Gender identity -- Religious aspects; Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Biblical studies & exegesis, Comparative religion, Gender studies, gender groups; Creation -- Mythology; Gender identity -- Religious aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350212848; 1350212849; 9781350212831; 1350212830
• Related ISBNs: 9781350212824
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).
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