The Coming of Lilith

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The Coming of Lilith is a pioneering Jewish feminist theological work by Judith Plaskow that reimagines the Lilith myth to challenge patriarchal religious narratives and affirm women’s spiritual agency.

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instanceOf Jewish feminist text
feminist theology
theological work
academicDiscipline Jewish studies
gender studies
religious studies
theology
addresses relationship between women and God
relationship between women and religious community
affirms women’s spiritual agency
women’s subjectivity
aimsTo create inclusive Jewish theology
recover women’s voices in tradition
author Judith Plaskow
centralFigure Lilith
centralTheme Jewish feminism
critique of patriarchy
feminist theology
reimagining myth
women’s religious experience
women’s spiritual agency
challenges patriarchal religious narratives
critiques exclusion of women from religious authority
male-centered images of God
firstPublishedIn 1970s
focusesOn Lilith myth
genre theological essay
includedIn The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics, 1972–2003
influenced contemporary Jewish feminist theology
feminist biblical interpretation
feminist midrash
influencedBy Jewish feminist movement
second-wave feminist thought
language English
literaryForm narrative essay
theological reflection
movement Jewish feminist theology
second-wave feminism
portraysLilithAs symbol of female autonomy
woman seeking equality
reinterpretationOf traditional Lilith legend
religiousTradition Judaism
revises Creation of the world
surface form: Genesis creation narratives
setting Garden of Eden
surface form: biblical Eden
targetAudience Jewish feminists
religious practitioners interested in gender justice
students of feminist theology
usesForm modern midrash

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Judith Plaskow notableWork The Coming of Lilith