In the wake of the goddesses : women, culture, and the biblical transformation of pagan myth

by Tikva Simone Frymer-Kensky

Paper Book, 1992

Status

Available

Call number

220.92

Tags

Goddess Religion, Paganism, Monotheism

Genres

Collection

Gifts

Publication

New York : Free Press, 1992

Description

Traces the development of conceptions of nature, gender and sexuality from the goddesses of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations to the one God of biblical monotheism.

Subjects

God (Judaism)
Sex in the Bible
Women in the Bible
goddesses

Language

English

ISBN

0449907465 / 9780449907467

Local notes

NWC

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