...The one in the middle has no name, she was made IN FRONT of Adam, and seeing her guts flipped him out so bad he wouldn't have her...that's why Eve was created while he slept! There are other texts besides the Bible... Do you really want a non-Christian Roman Emporer deciding which are "official"?
2007-06-11 07:46:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
people always want to add what isnt there. Why cant you believe that it is the way it is written in the Bible?
2007-06-11 07:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by sientje8 s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The version of the Genesis story you mention is from the Book of Zohar...
God first created a hermaphroditic being with 4 arms, 4 legs, and both sets of genitalia. He then splits that being into two separate beings -- Adam and Lilith. Lilith gets kicked out of the garden for insisting that she is Adam's equal (more specifically, because she wanted to be on top during sex). Lilith goes on to create her own garden, copulate with demons, and all that sort of thing...
Then God creates the second, unnamed wife -- just like you mentioned. But Adam sees that she is "full of vile secretions" and won't have anything to do with her. It's less clear what her ultimate fate was.
God finally gets it right the third time -- putting Adam to sleep and fashioning Eve from a piece of Adam, guaranteeing that she'll be second-fiddle to Adam...
And of course, the the bits about the serpent and woman being the downfall of man were chosen by the original Canaanite mystery cult that evolved into Christianity in order to slander a rival cult (who worshipped a Goddess and held the serpent as holy)....
2007-06-11 07:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the dominant Lilith. Adam did not like a strong woman.
2007-06-11 07:51:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i wasnt aware that there were two... im doing a little research on her right now, and from what im reading it says nothing about her being the first woman... do you happen to have a link?
i find this to be quite interesting...
very interesting Soleil Noir
2007-06-11 07:56:51 · answer #4 · answered by Loathing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's see....
You tell me my choice is between a non-christian Roman Emperor, or you.
Hmmmmmm.
I reject both of you.
I put my trust in the fact that God is capable of making a book.
2007-06-11 07:53:44 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard that her name was Lilith.
2007-06-11 07:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋