Rib or Side, Right or Left and the Traits of Women: Midrashic Dilemmas about the Creation of Eve in Medieval Islamic Tradition and Literature
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The creation of Eve from Adam’s body is a theme that has been extensively discussed in scholarship, as part of research into ancient Jewish and Christian sources, within the framework of studies on Islam and Arabic, or in other contexts (see various references throughout this paper below). Here we would like to examine this subject from a slightly different perspective, in the hope of making a modest contribution concerning early non-Muslim reflections and ideas on this narrative which may have provided the background for the emergence of some Muslim traditions on the subject, some of which have as yet, in our opinion, not received the scholarly attention they deserve.
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La création d’Eve à partir du corps d’Adam est un thème qui a fait l’objet de nombreuses discussions dans le cadre de recherches sur les sources juives et chrétiennes anciennes, mais aussi dans celui des études arabes et islamique, ou dans d’autres contextes (voir diverses références tout au long de cet article). Ici, nous voudrions examiner ce sujet sous un angle légèrement différent, dans l’espoir de faire une modeste contribution concernant les premières réflexions et idées non musulmanes qui pourraient avoir jeté les bases de l’émergence de certaines traditions musulmanes, lesquelles n’ont, à notre avis, pas reçu l’attention qu’elles méritent.
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Rib or Side, Right or Left and the Traits of Women: Midrashic Dilemmas about the Creation of Eve in Medieval Islamic Tradition and Literature
In: Studia IslamicaSearch for other papers by Amir Lerner in
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Abstract
The creation of Eve from Adam’s body is a theme that has been extensively discussed in scholarship, as part of research into ancient Jewish and Christian sources, within the framework of studies on Islam and Arabic, or in other contexts (see various references throughout this paper below). Here we would like to examine this subject from a slightly different perspective, in the hope of making a modest contribution concerning early non-Muslim reflections and ideas on this narrative which may have provided the background for the emergence of some Muslim traditions on the subject, some of which have as yet, in our opinion, not received the scholarly attention they deserve.
Résumé
La création d’Eve à partir du corps d’Adam est un thème qui a fait l’objet de nombreuses discussions dans le cadre de recherches sur les sources juives et chrétiennes anciennes, mais aussi dans celui des études arabes et islamique, ou dans d’autres contextes (voir diverses références tout au long de cet article). Ici, nous voudrions examiner ce sujet sous un angle légèrement différent, dans l’espoir de faire une modeste contribution concernant les premières réflexions et idées non musulmanes qui pourraient avoir jeté les bases de l’émergence de certaines traditions musulmanes, lesquelles n’ont, à notre avis, pas reçu l’attention qu’elles méritent.
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