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The Rape of Eve

The Transformation of Roman Ideology in Three Early Christian Retellings
  • ISBN-13: 9781506423364
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By Celene Lillie
  • Price: AUD $171.00
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  • Local release date: 02/03/2017
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 364 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: New Testaments [HRCF2]Christian theology [HRCM]
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Scholars of New Testament and early Christian traditions have given new attention to the relationships between gender and imperial power in the Roman world. Celene Lillie examines core passages from three Gnostic texts from Nag Hammadi, On the Origin of the World, The Reality of the Rulers, and the Secret Revelation of John, in which Eve is portrayed as having been humiliated by the cosmic powers, compares that pattern with Gnostic savior motifs concerning Jesus and Seth, then sets it in the broader context of Roman imperial ideology.
Celene Lillie completed her dissertation at Union Theological Seminary under the direction of Hal Taussig and Brigitte Kahl.
Introduction1. "The king gave the sign to assault their spoils ...": The Mytho-logic of Rape, Marriage, and Conquest2. "One loves, the other flees ...": Daphne, Apollo, and Ovid's Metamorphoses3. "And they lusted after her ...": The Rape of Eve and the Violation of the Rulers4. "And so they convicted themselves ...": The Rulers and Resistance5. "But she could not be grasped ...": Thinking through the Rape of EveEpilogueWorks Consulted
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