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To: rmlew
Lilith magamize is a feminist attack on Judaism.

BTW, isn't Lilith the first wife of Adam? Where does that come from? I don't think it's in the Bible.

158 posted on 08/17/2003 6:16:17 AM PDT by Commie Basher
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To: Commie Basher
The story of Lilith is later folklore, based on Rabbinic Exigesis. The most common version is fround in Ben Sira
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/

However, in modern Feminist literature, she has gone from Demon to heroin.
. http://www.lilitu.com/lilith/

She has also been inspiration for a leftist feminist re-interpretation of the Bible. http://www.lilithinstitute.com/

187 posted on 08/17/2003 2:42:42 PM PDT by rmlew ("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
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To: Commie Basher
The legend of Lilith is one of a number of oral traditions of the Jews. In the episode of Lilith, supposedly woman was originally created equal to man from the same stuff.

That was not ever quite going to be worked out. Therefore God started over, and Eve became the "first" woman. She was to be subordinate as she was taken from man (the rib thing), something like that. There is a lot of information on it, and I am sure that a Google search would help.

I have always viewed it as sort of an inside joke among rabbis and scribes from ancient times.
193 posted on 08/17/2003 4:36:31 PM PDT by Radix
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