Eternally Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry »

ANNE LAPIDUS LERNER is Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature and Director of the Program in Jewish Women's Studies at Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City. She is a co-editor of Gender and Text: Feminist Perspectives on Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literatures (1992).

A fascinating analysis of the story of Eve, using modern poetry in conversation with biblical texts and rabbinic rewritings to reveal new layers of meaning

Preface     ix
A Note on Translation, Texts, and Transliteration     xi
Introduction: The Significance of Eve     1
The Creation of Woman     15
Life in the Garden of Eden     77
Eve Beyond the Garden     142
Conclusion: Eve Framed: Invisibility and Visibility     167
Notes     171
Works Cited     217
Index of Sources     225
Subject Index     231