Lilith

De: Nikki Marmery

Narrado por: Lara Sawalha

Before Eve, there was Lilith.

Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses—and is banished forever from Paradise.

Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah—God's wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven—is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise.

Lilith's quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer, to the court of Israel's Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. Noah's wife, Norea, Jezebel and Mary Magdalene all play their part in Lilith's enlightenment. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time.

©2023 Nikki Marmery (P)2023 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

POV

I like the story from this perspective and the way it makes you think of life. I thought there were some parts that were difficult to understand because a character or their background were not explained and If you don’t have a full knowledge of religious history you don’t know who people are.

Besides that, it was written giving value to women, love that. Love seeing the typical hero’s be humanized and point out mistakes mentioned in the original version. I loved seeing value in Liliths actions.

Definitely a great read.

ending...meh.

it didn't really....resolve. but a fun ride. Just prior to this, I read the Red Tent, which I liked better, but this one is still good.

Wonderful, timeless

A wonderful telling of Lilith and her travails as she was cast out of Eden. Told in her own words, it kindles a spark of the feminine divine in us.

Different prospective

This is one of my favorite books this year. A different prospective and important story about the beginning of humans, specifically woman..

Women celebrated with the exquisite possibilities of what if they were never considered inferior…

I liked the openness and willingness to challenge, accepted religious doctrine unfortunately still considered rebellious and unwelcome attitudes throughout humanity

I know it is fiction but……

I feel like if this was the story I was told as a child it would have been more believable! I feel like I ate the forbidden fruit after reading this! Eye opening

Becomes repetitive eventually

A story that posits a goddess counterpart to Yaweh in the Garden of Eden, whose insights are banished with Adam and Eve. How her daughter tries to respark the values of equality for women and care for all creation (versus subjugation and violence of the male god), finding herself in the midst of various Biblical stories and beyond as her efforts succeed and fail, is tracked down the millenia.

I found the premise and early story interesting, but at some point the repetition of the goddess’s values in each situation (and how the shortsighted men ignored them) overwhelmed what passed for a plot. I could only take the last quarter in short bursts as a result. Can’t really say what it was supposed to leave me with.

Poetic and Powerful

I loved every second of this book. The writing is elegantly and artfully descriptive without coming across as flowery and pretentious. The message is an empowering nod to the women of the world and to the calming, nurturing influence of feminine energy. It tells a captivating and clever tale of how and why the suppression of the feminine began and how it has lasted for millennia. It personifies many stories we have heard through our lives, but this time not from the perspective of the men who wrote the stories we know. Instead, in this book, it is told from viewpoint of a woman who is reasonably (and rightfully) unforgiving of the forced dominance of male influence over women. I have recommended it to all the women in my close circle, and to anyone open to the ideas it examines.

Great perspective

This clever book has a very surprising way to think about the history of Christianity!

Powerful and thought provoking

A beautiful tail of the life of Lilith, the betrayal she suffered at the hands of a patriarchal god and her quest to usher humanity into a better way of being. I wish I could gift this book to every woman in the world.