Isaiah 34 And Lilith
Isaiah 34 and LilithTim Bench, Abilene, TX.
Themost influential Genesischaracter for us today is(arguably) not Adam, or Eve, OrCain, Abel, Moses, Abraham, orany of the well-known Genesischaracters. Instead, the most effectingcharacter (as we will soon see)may well be a woman many of ushave never heard of . לילית .Lilith.
“Lilith” definedAs per Strong's Concordance3917.“lilith: a female night-demonTransliteration: lilithShort Definition: monster”
Lilith (1892)by John Collier in Southport Atkinson Art Gallery
“Lilith” .Adam’s first wife? Asper Jewish folklore, the two “creationversions” dictate that Eve was NOT Adam’sfirst wife. “Lilith” (the name perhaps inspired bySumerian mythology about femalevampires called “Lillu” or Mesopotanianmyths about succubae (female nightdemons) called “lilin”) is mentioned fourtimes in the Babylonian Talmud. It is notuntil the Alphabet of Ben Sira (800-900s)that Lilith is associated with the firstversion of Creation.
“Lilith” .Adam’s first wife? Accordingto the Alphabet of Ben Sira, Lilithwas Adam’s first wife but the couple foughtconstantly. Lilith ultimately decided toleave Adam. She uttered God’s name andflew away into the air, leaving Adam alonein the Garden of Eden. God sent three angels after her andcommanded them to bring her back to herhusband, one way or another. When theangels found Lilith by the Red Sea theywere unable to convince her to return andcould not force her to obey them. A deal is ultimately reached Lilith vowednot to harm newborn children if they areprotected by an amulet with the names ofthe three angels written on it
“The Story of Lilith: The Alphabet ofben Sira Question #5 (23a-b)www.jewishchristianlit.com.“The Alphabet of ben Sira is the earliest form we know of theLilith legend familiar to most people (that is, to most peoplewho are familiar with Lilith at all). It is here that we findLilith as Adam's first wife. Scholars tend to date the Alphabetbetween the 8th and 10th centuries, CE. Whether the story itself is older, or, if so, how much older isnot possible to say. Amulets like the one described in thefirst paragraph are, of course, much older. The author of theZohar, R. Moses de Leon, was aware of the Alphabet'sversion of Lilith, at least according to Gershom Scholem(Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, p. 174), but he alsoknows other, probably older, Lilith traditions which do notmesh well with this one The idea of Eve having a predecessor is also not new to benSira, and can be found in Genesis Rabbah . But thosetraditions make no mention of Lilith, and, in fact, do notmesh well with ben Sira's version of the story.”
13th century Kabbalah text, the Sefer haZohar ("The Book of Splendour"),written by Spaniard Moses de Leon (c. 1240-1305). “Atthe same time Jehovah created Adam,he created a woman, Lilith, who like Adamwas taken from the earth. She was givento Adam as his wife. But there was adispute between them about a matter thatwhen it came before the judges had to bediscussed behind closed doors. She spokethe unspeakable name of Jehovah andvanished.”
“Lilith”, by Alan G. Hefner. “Adamcomplained to God who then sent threeangels, Sanvi, Sansanvi and Semangelaf, to bringLilith back to Eden. Lilith rebuffed the angels bycursing them. While by the Red Sea Lilith becamea lover to demons and producing 100 babies aday. The angels said that God would take thesedemon children away from her unless shereturned to Adam. When she did not return, shewas punished accordingly. And, God also gaveAdam the docile Eve.”
“Eve and the identity of women”by Christopher Witcombe. “Despitethe threat from the three angelsthat if she didn't return to Adam onehundred of her sons would die every day,she refused, claiming that she was createdexpressly to harm newborn infants.However, she did swear that she would notharm any infant wearing an amulet withthe images and/or names of the threeangels on it.”
Isaiah 34 and Lilith“The creature’s Hebrew name is “ ( לילית Liyliyth)” or “Lilith.” TheKJV translators most likely followed Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra (1089— 1164) who interpreted this word as meaning "the screech owl"(Rabbi A. J. Rosenberg, Isaiah: A New English Translation, Vol. 2,(The Judaica Press Inc. : New York, 1989), p. 281). The precisemeaning of the word has been debated. The New EnglishTranslation’s footnote says, “The precise meaning of ( לילית lilit) isunclear, though in this context the word certainly refers to some typeof wild animal or bird.” The ESV translates the word as “night bird,”which is compatible with the KJV reading since the screech owl is anight bird.Over time Lilith came to be regarded as a demoness in theHebrew demonology. However, the demonization of Lilith occurredthrough the Talmud and Midrash which came centuries after Isaiahreferred to the name. Nonetheless, the KJV translators may haveacknowledged the possibility of Lilith being a demon by suggesting“night-monster” in the margin.”“Is the creature in Isaiah 34:14 a "screech owl"?” at www.kjvtoday.com
Lilith definedThe only appearance of “Lilith”in the entire Bible is Isaiah34:14 .thus, the Hebrew word Lilithin this verse is a hapax legomenon,meaning that the appropriatedefinition for the word cannot bedetermined by comparison to otherpassages.
Isaiah 34:14 and varioustranslationsKJV: "The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet withthe wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry tohis fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and findfor herself a place of rest.“night-owl (Young, 1898)night-spectre (Rotherham Emphasized Bible, 1902)night monster (ASV, 1901; NASB, 1995)vampires (Moffatt Translation, 1922)night hag (RSV, 1947)Lilith (Jerusalem Bible, 1966)lilith (New American Bible, 1970)Lilith (The Message, 1993)night creature (NIV, 1978; NKJV, 1982; NLT, 1996)nightjar (New World Translation, 1984)night bird (English Standard Version, 2001)
Isaiah 34:14 and “screech owl”“ .the “screech-owl” is the Lilith, theshe-vampire, who appears in the legendsof the Talmud as having been Adam’s firstwife, who left him and was turned into ademon. With the later Jews, Lilith, assucking the blood of children, was thebugbear of the nursery. Night-vampirewould, perhaps, be the best rendering.”Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
Isaiah 34:14 and “screech owl”“The screech-owl 'Night-monster.' Theword לילית lıı̂ ylıı̂ yt (from ליל layil, night)properly denotes a night-spectre - acreature of Jewish superstition. Therabbis describe it in the form of a femaleelegantly dressed that lay in wait forchildren at night - either to carry them off,or to murder them.Barnes’ Notes on the Bible.
Isaiah 34:14 and “screech owl”“By the name "Lilith", it appears to bea night bird, which flies and is heardin the night. The Jews call a shedemon by this name, which, theysay has a human face, and haswings, and destroys children as soonas born ”.Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible.
Isaiah 34:14 and “screech owl”“The word here used, lilith, occurs only in this place.It may be doubted whether any bird, or other animal, ismeant. Lilit was the name of a female demon, or wickedfairy, in whom the Assyrians believed - a being thoughtto vex and persecute her victims in their sleep.The word is probably a derivative from leilah, night,and designates" the spirit of the night" - a mischievousbeing, who took advantage of the darkness to playfantastic tricks.A Jewish legend made Lilith the first wife of Adam,and said that, having pronounced the Divine Name as acharm, she was changed into a devil. It was her specialdelight to murder young children ”Pulpit Commentary.
“Lilith, Adam's mythologicalfirst wife”www.paracleteforum.org. "Accordingto Hebrew legend, the firstwoman God created as a companion for thefirst man Adam was a strong-willed ladynamed Lilith. As both had been created from dust, Lilithconsidered herself equal to Adam Lilith upand left him, winding up in rabbinictradition as a baby-killing demoness whoseduces sleeping men. Lilith is mentionedin Isa. 34:14, though the KJV renders lilithas 'screech owl.' This first wife of Adammay safely be called the world's first uppitywoman.”
“According to the "first Eve" story Lilith was created by God from dustand placed to live in the garden with Adam until problems arose betweenAdam and Lilith when Adam tried to exercise dominance over Lilith. Onestory tells that Lilith refused to lay beneath Adam during sex. She believedthey were created equal, both from the dust of the earth, thus she shouldnot have to lay beneath him. After Adam disagreed, Lilith fled the Gardenof Eden to gain her independence. Adam told God that Lilith had left andGod sent three angels, Senoi, Sansenoi, and Sammangelof, to retrieve her.The three angels found Lilith in a cave bearing children but Lilith refusedto come back to the garden. The angels told her they would kill 100 of herchildren every day for her disobedience. In revenge, she is said to robchildren of life and is responsible for the deaths of still-born infants andcrib deaths (SIDS). Male children are at risk of Lilith's wrath for 8 daysafter birth (until circumcision) and girls are at risk for 20 days. AlthoughLilith stole children's lives in the night, she agreed not to kill the childrenwho had amulets of either of the three angels.After the angels' departure, Lilith tried to return to the garden butupon her arrival she discovered that Adam already had another mate, Eve.Out of revenge, Lilith had sex with Adam while he was sleeping and "stolehis seed." With his seed she bears 'lilium,' earth-bound demons to replaceher children killed by the angels.”From “Who is Lilith?” at www2.kenyon.edu.
Alphabet of Ben Sira, from "Eve & Adam:Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings onGenesis and Gender" (pg. 204.) “Thethree angels caught up with her in the [Red]Sea They seized her and told her: ‘If you agree tocome with us, come, and if not, we shall drownyou in the sea.’ She answered: ‘Darlings, I knowmyself that God created me only to afflict babieswith fatal disease when they are eight days old; Ishall have permission to harm them from theirbirth to the eighth day and no longer; when it is amale baby; but when it is a female baby, I shallhave permission for twelve days.’ The angels would not leave her alone, until sheswore by God’s name that wherever she would seethem or their names in an amulet, she would notpossess the baby [bearing it]. They then left herimmediately. This is [the story of] Lilith whoafflicts babies with disease.”
“Lilith” from Michelangelo’s “TheTemptation of Adam and Eve”.
The first mention of Lilith Theearliest surviving mention of Lilith’s nameappears in Gilgamesh and the Huluppu-Tree , aSumerian epic poem found on a tablet at Urand dating from approximately 2000 B.C.E. The mighty ruler Gilgamesh is the world’s firstliterary hero; he boldly slays monsters andvainly searches for the secret to eternal life. Inone episode, “after heaven and earth hadseparated and man had been created,”Gilgamesh rushes to assist Inanna, goddess oferotic love and war. In her garden near theEuphrates River, Inanna lovingly tends awillow (huluppu) tree, the wood of which shehopes to fashion into a throne and bed forherself. Inanna’s plans are nearly thwarted,however, when a dastardly triumviratepossesses the tree. (continued)
One of the villains is Lilith:“Inanna, to her chagrin, foundherself unable to realize her hopes.For in the meantime a dragon had setup its nest at the base of the tree,the Zu-bird had placed his young inits crown, and in its midst thedemoness Lilith had built her house.”Wearing heavy armor, braveGilgamesh kills the dragon, causingthe Zu-bird to fly to the mountainsand a terrified Lilith to flee “to thedesert.”Biblical Archaeology Review, “Lilith: Seductress,Heroine, or Murderer?”, by Janet Howe Gaines, 9-42012.
Lilith in Isaiah "Theonly possible occurrence is inthe Book of Isaiah 34:13–15,describing the desolation of Edom,where the Hebrew word lilit (or lilith)appears in a list of eight uncleananimals, some of which may havedemonic associations.“ “Lilith: The Genesis of the Feminism Curse” 9-3-2012 atwww.anticain.blogspot.com.
Isaiah 34:14 “TheBook of Isaiah is a compendium ofHebrew prophecy spanning many years;the book’s first 39 chapters, frequentlyreferred to as “First Isaiah,” can beassigned to the time when the prophetlived (approximately 742–701 B.C.E.).Throughout the Book of Isaiah, the prophetencourages God’s people to avoidentanglements with foreigners whoworship alien deities. In Chapter 34, a sword-wielding Yahwehseeks vengeance on the infidel Edomites,perennial outsiders and foes of the ancientIsraelites. (continued)
Isaiah 34:14 Accordingto this powerfulapocalyptic poem, Edom will becomea chaotic, desert land where the soilis infertile and wild animals roam:“Wildcats shall meet hyenas, / Goatdemons shall greet each other; /There too the lilith shall repose / Andfind herself a resting place” (Isaiah34:14). The Lilith demon wasapparently so well known to Isaiah’saudience that no explanation of heridentity was necessary. (continued)
TheIsaiah passage lacks specifics indescribing Lilith, but it locates her indesolate places. The Bible verse thuslinks Lilith directly to the demon ofthe Gilgamesh epic who flees “to thedesert.” The wilderness traditionallysymbolizes mental and physicalbarrenness; it is a place wherecreativity and life itself are easilyextinguished. Lilith, the feminineopposite of masculine order, isbanished from fertile territory andexiled to barren wasteland.(continued)
Englishtranslators of Isaiah 34:14 sometimeslack confidence in their readers’ knowledge ofBabylonian demonology. The King James Bible’s prose rendition of thepoem translates “the lilith” as “the screechowl,” recalling the ominous bird-like qualitiesof the Babylonian she-demon. The RevisedStandard Version picks up on her nocturnalhabits and tags her “the night hag” instead of“the lilith,” while the 1917 Jewish PublicationSociety’s Holy Scriptures calls her “the nightmonster.” The Hebrew text and its best translationsemploy the word “lilith” in the Isaiah passage,but other versions are true to her ancientimage as a bird, night creature and beldam(hag).” “Lilith: Seductress, Heroine, or Murderer?” by Janet HoweGaines
Lilith in the Dead Sea Scrolls(see 4Q510) “And I, the Instructor, proclaim His glorioussplendor so as to frighten and to te[rrify] all thespirits of the destroying angels, spirits of thebastards, demons, Lilith, howlers, and [desertdwellers ] and those which fall upon men withoutwarning to lead them astray from a spirit ofunderstanding and to make their heart and their[ ] desolate during the present dominion ofwickedness and predetermined time ofhumiliations for the sons of lig[ht], by the guilt ofthe ages of [those] smitten by iniquity - not foreternal destruction, [bu]t for an era of humiliationfor transgression.”www.bibliotecapleyades.net.
www.biblicalarcheaology.org, 9-4-2012 “For4,000 years Lilith has wandered theearth, figuring in the mythic imaginationsof writers, artists and poets. Her darkorigins lie in Babylonian demonology,where amulets and incantations were usedto counter the sinister powers of thiswinged spirit who preyed on pregnantwomen and infants. Lilith next migrated to the world of theancient Hittites, Egyptians, Israelites andGreeks. She makes a solitary appearance inthe Bible, as a wilderness demon shunnedby the prophet Isaiah. In the Middle Agesshe reappears in Jewish sources as thedreadful first wife of Adam. (continued)
www.biblicalarcheaology.org9-4-2012 Inthe Renaissance, Michelangelo portrayed Lilithas a half-woman, half-serpent, coiled around theTree of Knowledge. Later, her beauty would captivate the English poetDante Gabriel Rossetti. “Her enchanted hair,” hewrote, “was the first gold.” Irish novelist James Joyce cast her as the “patronof abortions.” Modern feminists celebrate her bold struggle forindependence from Adam. Her name appears asthe title of a Jewish women’s magazine and anational literacy program. An annual music festivalthat donates its profits to battered women’sshelters and breast cancer research institutes iscalled the Lilith Fair.”
A succubus (female demon)as a symbol for feminism?
“Lilith in The Alphabet of Ben Sira”www.bitterwaters.com “Unfortunately,the Alphabet’s irreverent image ofLilith as a first Eve has taken root in modernculture. Its passages are quoted by modernfeminists more than any other source today inexplaining their version of Lilith. Because of the Alphabet many modern feministspromote Lilith as the proto-feminist, willing tosacrifice even the paradise of Eden as thenecessary cost of freedom and equality. The seriesof musical concerts called Lilith Fair founded bySarah McLachlan in the late 1990s is perhapsbeing the most brazen example. Some neo-pagangroups have taken up her cause as well, eitheraccepting her dark nature as sacred or finding inher an expression for the erotic goddess withinthem.”
“What the Bible says about themyth of Lilith”by Don Walton at www.timefortruth.org“Late in the 20th century, Lilith wasadopted as a symbol of the feministmovement. For instance, Canadian singerand songwriter, Sarah McLachlan, namedher all female concert tour and travelingmusical festival “Lilith Fair.” Begun as aprotest of male domination in the musicindustry, “Lilith Fair” ran from 1997-1999in cities and towns all across NorthAmerica.”
“A Summary of Evidences in the Bible thatSupport the Existence of Lilith” atwww.bitterwaters.org.Selected excerpts1.The first woman is made from dust at the same time asAdam. The second is created later from Adam’s side. Thecreation account of the second woman, Eve, comes in Ge2:21-25. Those passages clearly indicate Eve was createdfrom Adam’s side. The first woman’s creation is told threetimes, once in Ge 1:26-29, again in Ge 2:4-8, and brieflyrecapped in Ge 5:1-2. All three accounts imply both Adamand this woman were created at the same time using dust(and muck) from the ground. 3.In the first and third creation accounts of a man andwoman in Ge 1:26-29 and Ge 5:1-2, the passages clearlystates that when the male and female were created, only themale was created in God’s image. The female not beingcreated in God’s image is consistent with Lilith. She wascreated by God, but not in His image, for a demonic mistarouse from the ground and animated her in it’s imageinstead (Ge 2:6). Note that Eve would bear God’s image, forshe was taken out of Adam’s side. (continued)
4.Conflicting commands of God to the twowomen of the creation accounts above furtherindicate they must be different individuals. Ge1:26-29 states that after the first woman andAdam were created, God gave freedom to both toeat the fruit of every tree. All trees were allowed. However, Eve could have never receivedpermission to eat of every tree. This is becauseafter Adam was moved to the Garden but beforeEve was created in Ge 2:18-25, God warns Adamthat he may no longer eat of every tree. Godwarns that he could not eat of the tree ofknowledge and that he must “guard” the garden(Ge 2:15-17). Thus the prohibition against eating all trees isalready in place before Eve’s creation. She cannotbe the woman referenced in Ge 1:26-29 whomGod grants permission to eat of all trees.(continued)
5.In Ge 5:2 God gave a single name“Adam” to denote both the female andmale. This single name supports a dualsimultaneous creation from dust for Adamand his first mate. It also implies that the name of Adam’sfirst female would be Adamah, as thefeminine form of Adam comes is adamah,which means “ground” and is the root fromwhich the name Adam is derived. Thissupports the word-play in Ge 2:6 whichstates that the face of the Adamah (i.e.Lilith) was watered by the mist. This isconsistent with the legend of Lilith’screation from muck and mud. (continued)
7.Lilith explains Adam’s lonely state in Ge2:18. As the literal Hebrew of Ge 2:18confirms, God did not create Adam alone, butrather Adam “became alone” after some time.Lilith explains how Adam became alone. Shealso explains the timing of Eve’s creation afterAdam’s unsuccessful search among the beastsof the field (which includes Lilith) for a mate. 8.In Ge 2:18 the literal Hebrew states thatEve was made as a helpmate for Adam “likeone shown before him”. This odd phraseologyimplies a woman companion was physicallyshown to Adam before Eve existed. It evenimplies that Eve was made as a replacementfor this first woman. This is all consistent withLilith. (continued)
10.The Serpent was not a snake, butrather the most cunning mammal. This isconsistent with the serpent being Lilith. Ge 3:1 clearly states that the serpent wasthe most cunning “beast of the field”. InGenesis this term refers to higher mammalsthat are soulish creatures with developedminds and emotions. The term does notapply to reptiles or lower animals. Lilith best fits the unique description as themost cunning of these mammals. She isconsidered a beast and not human becauseshe does not bear the spirit and image ofGod, but rather that of her father Lucifer.And with the mind of man and animatingspirit of Lucifer, she is certainly the mostcunning. (continued)
11.The Hebrew noun translated “Serpent”,nachash, is strongly suggestive of a humanspeaking through an indwelling demonic spirit.This is consistent with Lilith. Nachash comes from the verb root nechash, whichmeans ‘to divine’ or ‘divination’. The rootoriginally meant ‘to hiss’ or ‘to whisper’. It cameto mean ‘to divine’ because it was used to describethe whispers of the soothsayers, whom obtaintheir powers through the whispering voice of anindwelling demonic spirit. These inhabited soothsayers were predominatelywomen. The only creature recorded in the Bible asexperiencing nechash divination is man. In theBible the noun nachash (“serpent”) always refersto a demonically inhabited creature of cursing. Ifthe Serpent is human, Lilith provides the onlypossible origin of that human. (continued)
14.The Serpent’s extreme intelligenceand ability to speak is best explained by itbeing human. The Lilith legend provides theonly real explanation for the origins of thishuman. The general tenor of Genesisimplies that the Serpent’s intelligence andability to speak is not supernatural orunexpected, but rather the natural createdstate of the being. It certainly did notsurprise Adam or Eve to see the Serpenttalking. It is inconceivable that they would expressno surprise over seeing an animal speaking.The Zohar (Pekudei: Passage 454) alsoholds that the Serpent’s ability to speak, itscunningness, and its power of seductionwere all native to it. Samael (Lucifer) rodethe Serpent and used these innate abilitiesto his advantage.
Adam protecting a child as Lilith lurksbibliotecapleyades.net
Lilith’s pop icon impacttodayhas been a misunderstood,appropriated, and redeemed womanthroughout the ages. Many feminists claimher as an empowering figure in Jewishmythology, her story reclaimed bycontemporary artists such as SarahMcLachlan, who created the all-womenmusic tour, “Lilith Fair.” Others haveclaimed that Lilith was a demon whoseduced men and strangled children in thenight. Based almost entirely on Judith Plaskow’sbeautiful Midrash, ” this has empoweredme to reject the sexism and heterosexismthat was rendering me broken. (continued) “Lilith
WhatPlaskow’s Midrash creates, redeems,and affirms is that Lilith left what washurting and oppressing her and lived intowho she was called to be: one whoempowered women. Like many other clergywomen, I havefaithfully served the church for nearlyfourteen years. After eleven years ofministry, I accepted a call to become Pastorfor Preaching and Worship at a Baptistchurch after finishing my Ph.D. Upon hiringme, we became the only Baptist church inthe country with two out lesbians as headpastors. My pulpit was free. My calling tojustice, inclusion, and radical hospitalityaffirmed. “Painting Lilith, Leaving Church” by Angela Yarber, 7-132013, www.feminismandreligion.com.
“Lilith” by Rebecca Lesses, JewishWomen’s Archive. “Untilthe late twentieth century the demon Lilith,Adam’s first wife, had a fearsome reputation as akidnapper and murderer of children and seducerof men. Only with the advent of the feministmovement in the 1960s did she acquire herpresent high status as the model for independentwomen. The feminist theologian Judith Plaskow’smidrash on the story of Lilith played a key role intransforming Lilith from a demon to a rolemodel.”
Lilith as a pop icon(see Comicvine.com, comicbookreligion.com, game-insider.com
Lilith and babies“According to legend Lilith's attraction for children comesfrom the belief that God took her demon children from herwhen she did not return to Adam. It was believed that shelaunched a reign of terror against women in childbirth andnewborn infants, especially boys. However, it also wasbelieved that the three angels who were sent to fetch her bythe Red Sea forced her to swear that whenever she saw theirnames or images on amulets that she would leave theinfants and mothers alone. These beliefs continued for centuries. As late as the 18thcentury, it was a common practice in many cultures toprotect new mothers and their infants with amulets againstLilith. Males were most vulnerable during the first week oflife, girls during the first three weeks. Sometimes a magiccircle was drawn around the lying-in-bed, with a charminscribed with the names of the three angels, Adam and Eveand the words "barring Lilith" or "protect this newborn childfrom all harm." Frequently amulets were place in the fourcorners and throughout the bedchamber. If a child laughedwhile sleeping, it was taken as a sign that Lilith was present.Tapping the child on the nose, it was believed, made her goaway. “Lilith”, Hefner.
Aswe have seen, Lilith (as per legend) preyed onyoung babies, and Lilith is even classified as aearly vampire as per some sources.1 In an arguably subtle nod to Lilith (both as babykiller as well as man-seducer), the 1999 movie “Ohbrother, where art thou” (based on Homer's“Odyssey”) features George Clooney mesmerizedand overcome by an irresistible (siren) womanwho sings the haunting lines Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe Your mama's gone away and your daddy's gonnastay Didn't leave nobody but the baby Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe You and me and the Devil makes three Don't need no other lovin' baby.21-Jean Marigny, “Vampires:The world of the undead”, pp. 17–19,see also “Lilith: The original vampire”, “Lilith and Eve”, etc. 2-Emmylou Harris lyrics.
Lilith today“TheAlphabet of Ben Sira appears to combinelegends of female demons with the idea of the'first Eve.' What results is a story about Lilith, anassertive wife who rebelled against God andhusband, was replaced by another woman, andwas demonized in Jewish folklore as adangerous killer of babies.”“Where Does the Legend of Lilith Come From? Lilith, Adam's First Wife” byAriela Pelaia at judaism.about.com.Yet, incredibly, despite its non-Biblical basis, mixture ofmyth and speculation, and evil connotations, “Lilith”has become for many millions of modern women asymbol of supposed pride and strength.
Conclusions.from Howard DanielDenham, Truth Bible Institute“The Lilith myth is indeed quitefascinating and, without doubt, is one of themost popular today due to the interest in thesupernatural, especially the subjects ofvampires, werewolves, demons, succubi,incubi, zombies, and other assorted ghouls.Also, the rise of neo-Gnosticism, New Agephilosophy, the current pop culture, and evenradical feminism have given the Lilith mythnew life, especially in the entertainmentindustry. (continued)
The Biblical evidence, however, is wanting. The bulk of themyth rests on Jewish mysticism and fables mostly from the earlyMiddle Ages, rather than on the Sacred Scriptures. The radical,man-hating feminist movement has attempted to adopt Lilith as asymbol for the strong woman who rivals man's authority and evenovercomes him in quest for power. The mythos is a dominant themein the literature of the movement. That the imagery for themovement should be built on a mythological character known morefor her malignity and evil speaks volumes as to the destitute natureof the movement for a symbol of real substance in history and evenmythology.Postmodernists, who include radical feminists, are fond ofrewriting history as they wish it had happened. It should not thenbe surprising that even the mythologies passed down through theages should also undergo some transformation to suit theirperceived needs, despite how ever contrived and invented they maybe. Truth means nothing to them any way. It is their agenda that isall important. The ethos that "the end justifies the means" is thecriterion for their heist of the Lilith myth.”
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PROF. P.B. SHARMA Vice Chancellor Delhi Technological University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering) (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) Founder Vice Chancellor RAJIV GANDHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (State Technical University of Madhya Pradesh) 01. Name: Professor Pritam B. Sharma 02. Present Position: Vice Chancellor Delhi Technological University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering) Bawana Road .
