The Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own

In the world that created the Bible, there were no female scholars and theologians, yet in the past four decades, owing to such stunning discoveries as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts, as well as advances in historical understanding and the rise of feminism, a generation of scholars has found new ways to interpret the Scriptures and the societies that created them -- exploring avenues traditionally ignored by male-dominated religious study. Surveying the new scholarship and the personalities of those who have created it, The Word According to Eve not only explores afresh the history of our religions but offers exciting new challenges to our sense of worship.

Author: Cullen Murphy, Barbara Ed Murphy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 10/08/1999
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780618001927

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 203

About the Author
Murphy, Cullen: - Cullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of Are We Rome?, The Word According to Eve, and the essay collection Just Curious.