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 Genesis creation narratives ⓘ
setting biblical Eden ⓘ
linked to: Garden of Eden
targetAudience Jewish feminists ⓘ
religious practitioners interested in gender justice ⓘ
students of feminist theology ⓘ
usesForm modern midrash ⓘ

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