According to Jewish lore Adam’s first wife was not Eve

October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 araho History Adam, Eve, Lilith

According to Jewish lore the pseudepigraphic 8th–10th centuries Alphabet of Ben Sira is considered to be the oldest form of the story of Lilith as Adam’s first wife. Whether this particular tradition is older is not known. Scholars tend to date the Alphabet between the 8th and 10th centuries CE. The work has been characterized as satirical. In the […]

In Jewish folklore Adam had a wife named Lilith before Eve was created

April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 araho Did you know that Adam, Adam and Eve, Eve, Jewish, Lilith

Lilith is a Hebrew name for a figure in Jewish mythology, developed earliest in the Babylonian Talmud, who is generally thought to be in part derived from a class of female demons Līlīṯu in Mesopotamian texts of Assyria and Babylonia. Evidence in later Jewish materials is plentiful, but little information has been found relating to […]