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When God was a woman
- Title
- When God was a woman / Merlin Stone.
- Author
- Stone, Merlin.
- Publication
- New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BL458 .S76 1978 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Documents the ancient worship of the great creator Mother Goddess under a diversity of names and details the rewriting of myths, the recasting of rituals and religious doctrines, and the transformation of the Goddess into a wanton, depraved figure by invading patriarchal tribes.
- Here, archeologically documented, is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Known by many names--Astarte, Isis, Ishtar, among others--she reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. Beyond being worshiped for fertility, she was revered as the wise creator and the one source of universal order. Under her, women's roles differed markedly from those in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Women bought and sold property was passed from mother to daughter. How did the change come about? By documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmas, Merlin Stone details a most ancient conspiracy: the patriarchal re-imagining of the Goddess as a wanton, depraved figure. This is the portrait that laid the foundation for one of culture's greatest shams--the legend of Adam and fallen Eve.
- Series Statement
- A Harvest/HBJ book
- Uniform Title
- Harvest/HBJ book
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 246-257.
- Contents
- Tales with a point of view -- Who was she? -- Women -- where woman was deified -- The northern invaders -- One of their own race -- If the king did not weep -- The Sacred sexual customs -- They offered incense to the queen of heaven -- And the men of the city shall stone her with stones -- Unraveling the myth of Adam and Eve -- The daughters of Eve.
- ISBN
- 015696158X
- 9780156961585
- LCCN
- 77016262
- OCLC
- ocm03397068
- 3397068
- SCSB-14294
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library