Adam's First Wife?

Question

My friend told me that Adam's first wife, Lilith was cast away because she was too independant. Can I get more info on this from anybody? Thanks!

Answer 1

In the story, Lilith and Adam were both created by at the same time and were equals. As equals, Adam and Lilith did not get along. Because of this Lilith was cast away and eventually became some sort of bad spirit. Since Adam was lonely, God then created Eve but this time he created her from Adams rib, so that she was not his equal but lesser than Adam. Adam found Eve much more agreeable. The bible follows this pattern of subjugating women. According to the bible, women are not supposed to speak in church, and women must obey their husbands. The bible explicitly ranks god, then man, then places woman below man.

Something to think about, when Genesis is first described in the bible, man and woman are created at the same time. Later on the bible is inconsistent with itself and the story changes to Adam, then the animals, then Eve. Hmmmmmmmm

Answer 2

Lilith

In the Babylonian tradition, there is a triad of demons with whom Lilith is associated. The male is called Lilu, and the two females are Lilitu, a frigid, barren, & husbandless demon who roamed the night searching for men to seduce or drink their blood, and Ardat Lili, the 'maid of desolation.'

Lilith is thought be the demon of waste places who originally lived in the garden of the Sumerian goddess, Innana, queen of heaven. She is mentioned only briefly in the Hebrew Bible in Isaiah 34:14.

In Jewish traditions, Lilith was created with Adam from the dust of the earth, & became his first wife. She was stubborn, though, & refused to be subservient to her husband. Instead of becoming Adam's servant, she left him & was turned out of Paradise. However, before God created Eve, He sent 3 angels to try to convince Lilith to return to Adam. She refused, & God cursed her by sentencing 100 of her offspring to die each day. After her expulsion from Paradise, however, she slept once more with Adam, & bore the Shedim, Lilin, & Rauchin.

Later, in Kabbalistic circles, Lilith became the mistress of Sammael.

It is mistakenly thought that Lilith's name was derived from the Hebrew word lailah, which means 'night.' This was probably derived from the similarity of the two words, and the idea that Lilith was mostly active at night.

Answer 3

She is the woman created with Adam in Gen. 1:27 and left Adam because he was a Male shovenist Pig.

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/humm/Topics/Lilith/

Answer 4

There is an account in gnostic texts about Lilith, the first wife of Adam. I don't know a whole lot about this really. It was left out of the canonical Bible but there are remnants in Hebrew scriptures and such.

Answer 5

Apparently, the ***** wouldn't put out for Adam, so he went whining to God, who tossed her in hell and gave him the much nicer and meeker Eve. Or so they say. It sounds like the story that the editors cut out so that they could keep women in their "proper" place in the world. Is it any wonder that Lileth is a symbol of womanhood and women's rights?

But WhyNotDon, what is the whole Garden of Eden story except folklore? (and trash?) It's the biggest fairytale of all in the whole Bible.

Answer 6

Lilith appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. She was indeed Adam's first wife. She would not yield to or follow Adam's wishes. God took pity on him and created a more loyal,obedient wife, Eve. This version is more common in the Jewish teachings, found in the Torah.

Answer 7

.. In Rabbinical lore and Moslem theology there is a tendency to deify an ideal ancestor. The Rabbinical Adam is a gigantic being reaching from earth to heaven. God caused a sleep to fall on Adam, and removed a portion of every limb. Thus he lost his vast stature, but remained perfect in every part.

His first wife was Lilith; but she fled from him when Eve was created. The happiness of the human pair excited envy among the angels, and the seraph Sammuel tempted them to their fall. According to the Koran, all the angels paid homage to Adam, except Eblic, who, on account of his refusal, was expelled from Paradise. To gratify his revenge, he tempted them to sin.

Answer 8

This is false.There were books written after the Bible called "pseudo-pigphria" which means books written by someone claiming to be someone else,like the 'Gospel of Judas' it was written by someone claiming to be Judas but was written long after Judas was dead.It's the same with the story of Lilith,just a new age trick.Same with what they call 'The Apocrypha',means"hidden books" most were written long after the event or persons death.The one that might hold up to scruinty is 'The book of Enoch' which parts are quoted in the New Testament(especially the book of Jude,2nd to last book in the NT)So don't listen to that "New Age" crap.

Answer 9

Adam had only one wife and her name was Eve

God took Adam's DNA and made Eve

Answer 10

What? Eve was created by God for Adam in the Garden of Eden in the beginning of the world. If you want to know about Adam and Eve, read Genesis, the first book of the Bible.