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

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!

The alternative to the creation story of Adam and Eve.

I would have liked to see more biblical reference made throughout the text. The author did an excellent job in highlighting the Bible text where Asherah appears.