Dr Justin Sledge Transcript Since the romantic rehabilitation of Lilith, from child murderer and nocturnal seducer of men to symbol of feminine power and defiance, Lilith has become easily one of the most recognizable of all contemporary demons. But her origin, first in ancient Mesopotamia and then in early Jewish medieval literature, are marked by […]

by William G. Dever. https://archive.org/details/DidGodHaveAWife/mode/2up Page 34 The Scandinavian branch of this school tended to be more extreme, positing not only celebrations of “divine kingship” in ancient Israel, but even of the hieros gamos, or “sacred marriage” of the gods. In these rites, priests and priestesses, the king and queen, or even “cult prostitutes” supposedly […]

by Rebecca Lesses. Lilith, Adam’s first wife, had a fearsome reputation as a kidnapper and murderer of children and seducer of men. … God created Lilith from the earth after the creation of Adam. They immediately began to fight over who would be on top during sexual intercourse. Lilith said, “We are equal to each […]

by Janet Howe Gaines Lilith’s relationship with Adam is a different matter. Their conflict is one of patriarchal authority versus matriarchal desire for emancipation, and the warring couple cannot reconcile. They represent the archetypal battle of the sexes. Neither attempts to solve their dispute or to reach some kind of compromise where they take turns […]

by Merlin Stone. Published 1976, New York: The Dial Press. Professor R. K. Harrison wrote of the Goddess religion, “One of its most prominent features was the lewd, depraved, orgiastic character of its cultic procedures.” … Professor W. F. Albright, one of the leading authorities on the archaeology of Palestine, wrote of the female religion […]