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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable and broadly-ranging anthology
This anthology is a true Midrash, a collection of poems, stories, pensees, and more scholarly reflections on Lilith. The authors engage with Lilith as she has been portrayed historically, and through their imaginative re-visioning of who she is and what she means. The writing is consistently quite good, and the authors' voices compelling. I particularly enjoyed the...
Published on December 9, 1998
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fiction not fact
I was mislead by the synopsis which implied that this was an academic study of the Lilith myth. It is first and foremost, fictional and artistic interpretations of Lilith. This book is for anyone interested in the retellings of this myth, but it is not for those interested in the academic approach to Lilith, although one may pick up a few interesting bits of informatio...
Published on November 28, 1998
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fiction not fact,
By A Customer
This review is from: Which Lilith?: Feminist Writers Re-Create the World's First Woman (Hardcover)
I was mislead by the synopsis which implied that this was an academic study of the Lilith myth. It is first and foremost, fictional and artistic interpretations of Lilith. This book is for anyone interested in the retellings of this myth, but it is not for those interested in the academic approach to Lilith, although one may pick up a few interesting bits of informatio along the way.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable and broadly-ranging anthology,
By A Customer
This review is from: Which Lilith?: Feminist Writers Re-Create the World's First Woman (Hardcover)
This anthology is a true Midrash, a collection of poems, stories, pensees, and more scholarly reflections on Lilith. The authors engage with Lilith as she has been portrayed historically, and through their imaginative re-visioning of who she is and what she means. The writing is consistently quite good, and the authors' voices compelling. I particularly enjoyed the work of Leslea Newman and Shoshana T. Daniel. Though somewhat pricey, this is a nice-looking volume with *a lot* of pieces.
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Which Lilith?: Feminist Writers Re-Create the World's First Woman by Enid Dame (Hardcover - September 1, 1998)
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