Eve
In this episode, Em and Caz kick off season 2 in the company of the most notorious rule-breaking woman in the Bible: Eve. They explore how interpretations of Eve’s character in Genesis 2–4 have impacted attitudes towards women throughout history and up to the present day. Along the way, they discuss how contemporary women accused of criminality are often framed in a similar light to the original rule-breaker, Eve.
Show notes
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Resources for this episode
Genesis 2–4 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2-4&version=NRSVUE
Latin Vulgate, Genesis 3 https://vulgate.org/ot/genesis_3.htm
Female Criminals podcast, “Symbionese Liberation Army – Patricia Hearst” Parts 1 and 2. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mBE73rFKCCUTHUXkjbNs7; https://open.spotify.com/episode/57mDf4lY6b6hyf6vT5MauP
FBI History, “Patty Hearst.” https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/patty-hearst
Wilda Gafney, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017.
Carol Meyers, Rediscovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context. OUP, 2012.
Julie Faith Parker, “Blaming Eve Alone: Translation, Omission, and Implications of ‘mh in Genesis 3:6b.” Journal of Biblical Literature 132, no. 4 (2013), pp. 729-47.
Sara Parks, “Because of Her We All Die: Eve in Early Jewish and Early Christian Reception.” In The Routledge Companion to Eve, ed. Caroline Blyth and Emily Colgan, 40–59. Routledge, 2023.
"Patty's Twisted Journey". Time. September 29, 1975. https://archive.ph/20120913011414/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,913456,00.html#selection-111.185-111.618
Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0402.htm
Phyllis Trible, God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality. Fortress Press, 1986.
Support Services
Shine (NZ) - https://www.2shine.org.nz/
Family Violence - It’s Not Okay (NZ) - https://www.areyouok.org.nz/
National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA) - https://www.thehotline.org/
Women’s Aid (UK) - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
1800 Respect (Australia) https://www.1800respect.org.au/
Annuity.org – financial abuse resource https://www.annuity.org/financial-literacy/financial-abuse/
