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- Theme: Inspirational
- Subject: Ethics / Morality
- Published: 08/06/2021
Examining the Case of Lilith
Born 1960, F, from San Antonio Texas, United StatesThe Rabbinic tale tells the story of Adam and Lilith both made from the Earth. This marriage does not work out. So God makes Adam a second wife, Eve made from his rib.
In this tale Adam commands Lilith, “You lie beneath me,” Lilith refuses and says, “We are both equal, we are both from the Earth.” They would not budge. Lilith leaves the Garden of Eden.
In this story Lilith defies both Adam and God. She defies patriarchy, submissive sex and marriage altogether.
God sends three Angels to fetch Lilith, but tells them not to force her to return. The three Angels grab her and say, “If you go with us all will be well and good, but if you refuse we will drown you in the sea.”
Lilith preferred to become a demon rather than live under God and Adam’s authority.
The tale also says the Angels would not leave her alone until she swore to them. “I will have dominion over male Children until the Eight day, I will have dominion over female Children until the twelfth day. But in any place I see you or your names in a amulet I will have no power over Children.”
In the Ninth or Tenth Century a collection of legends titled the ALAPHABET OF BEN SIRA, tell of Adam and his first wife Lilith. In this tale Lilith is a stealer of Babies. Numerous Amulets have been made for pregnant Women and Babies from medieval through modern times to ward off Litith. The names of the angels according to these tales are, Sanvi, Sansanvi, and Samangel. Some people believe these tales are a bit misogynistic.
Lilith is the most notorious demon in Jewish mysticism. Some traditions claim she was the original Woman, created before Eve. Lilith is claimed to be a thief of newborn infants.
There was a bowl from the first century written in Hebrew, which reads, “Designated in this bowl for the sealing of the house of this Geyonai Bar Mamai that they flee from the evil Lilith.” Images of Lilith, which show her hands bound, appear to be a visual magic for containing her. A tablet was discovered in the seventh century at Arslan Tash, Syria that contains the words, “O flyer in a dark chamber, go away at once O Lili!”
In tradition Men are not allowed to sleep alone in house. The tradition claims Lilith will fertilize her with these men in order to give birth to other demons. This claim reminds me of the tales of Aliens who steal sperm from Men or unborn infants from pregnant Women to make half-breed beings.
The Bible only mentions Lilith once, as a dweller in waste places. But her characterization seducer of Men or slayer of children in the ancient Babylonian religion has been around for thousands of years.
Numerous modern Jewish poets and authors have written accounts of Lilith that use old stories to express new ideas. Some claim that Lilith snuck back into the Garden of Eden and befriends Eve. They become companions and allies in the search for knowledge.
In Lynn Gottlieb’s story of Lilith, she is made from the sky and Adam from the earth. Lilith chooses to forget she came from the sky and becomes Eve, happy but ignorant of her own true nature.
The poet Lapidus wrote the poem “Eden” in this poem he encourages people to accept Lilith and Eve as the same person.
Once much feared, Lilith has become an icon of freedom. The fearsome Lilith has become a symbol of repression denied. Repression of sexuality, repression of free will and the attitude of ‘What if I left it all behind?’
Lilith’s character has evolved. She began as a female demon common to some Middle Eastern cultures. Appearing in the book of Isaiah, Babylonian Talmud, and incantations bowls from ancient Iraq and Iran. In the feminist movement of the 1960s she became a high status for independent Women.
My personal feelings are that Lilith is a folk tale. She was created to create fear in Women and make them be obedient to their Husbands. I feel if Lilith is real she was unjustly punished and should be relieved of her burdens.
Examining the Case of Lilith(Shirley Smothers)
The Rabbinic tale tells the story of Adam and Lilith both made from the Earth. This marriage does not work out. So God makes Adam a second wife, Eve made from his rib.
In this tale Adam commands Lilith, “You lie beneath me,” Lilith refuses and says, “We are both equal, we are both from the Earth.” They would not budge. Lilith leaves the Garden of Eden.
In this story Lilith defies both Adam and God. She defies patriarchy, submissive sex and marriage altogether.
God sends three Angels to fetch Lilith, but tells them not to force her to return. The three Angels grab her and say, “If you go with us all will be well and good, but if you refuse we will drown you in the sea.”
Lilith preferred to become a demon rather than live under God and Adam’s authority.
The tale also says the Angels would not leave her alone until she swore to them. “I will have dominion over male Children until the Eight day, I will have dominion over female Children until the twelfth day. But in any place I see you or your names in a amulet I will have no power over Children.”
In the Ninth or Tenth Century a collection of legends titled the ALAPHABET OF BEN SIRA, tell of Adam and his first wife Lilith. In this tale Lilith is a stealer of Babies. Numerous Amulets have been made for pregnant Women and Babies from medieval through modern times to ward off Litith. The names of the angels according to these tales are, Sanvi, Sansanvi, and Samangel. Some people believe these tales are a bit misogynistic.
Lilith is the most notorious demon in Jewish mysticism. Some traditions claim she was the original Woman, created before Eve. Lilith is claimed to be a thief of newborn infants.
There was a bowl from the first century written in Hebrew, which reads, “Designated in this bowl for the sealing of the house of this Geyonai Bar Mamai that they flee from the evil Lilith.” Images of Lilith, which show her hands bound, appear to be a visual magic for containing her. A tablet was discovered in the seventh century at Arslan Tash, Syria that contains the words, “O flyer in a dark chamber, go away at once O Lili!”
In tradition Men are not allowed to sleep alone in house. The tradition claims Lilith will fertilize her with these men in order to give birth to other demons. This claim reminds me of the tales of Aliens who steal sperm from Men or unborn infants from pregnant Women to make half-breed beings.
The Bible only mentions Lilith once, as a dweller in waste places. But her characterization seducer of Men or slayer of children in the ancient Babylonian religion has been around for thousands of years.
Numerous modern Jewish poets and authors have written accounts of Lilith that use old stories to express new ideas. Some claim that Lilith snuck back into the Garden of Eden and befriends Eve. They become companions and allies in the search for knowledge.
In Lynn Gottlieb’s story of Lilith, she is made from the sky and Adam from the earth. Lilith chooses to forget she came from the sky and becomes Eve, happy but ignorant of her own true nature.
The poet Lapidus wrote the poem “Eden” in this poem he encourages people to accept Lilith and Eve as the same person.
Once much feared, Lilith has become an icon of freedom. The fearsome Lilith has become a symbol of repression denied. Repression of sexuality, repression of free will and the attitude of ‘What if I left it all behind?’
Lilith’s character has evolved. She began as a female demon common to some Middle Eastern cultures. Appearing in the book of Isaiah, Babylonian Talmud, and incantations bowls from ancient Iraq and Iran. In the feminist movement of the 1960s she became a high status for independent Women.
My personal feelings are that Lilith is a folk tale. She was created to create fear in Women and make them be obedient to their Husbands. I feel if Lilith is real she was unjustly punished and should be relieved of her burdens.
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Radrook
08/06/2021Thanks for writing a very informative article about this Rabinnical concept in which the Genesis account is portrayed as being wrong in saying that Eve was the first woman and Adam's only wife and that sin entered into the world through her being deceived. Interesting how the members of the women's Liberaton movement latched on to that Lilith story in their quest for female social equlality isn't it?
The story's association with the Pharasees whom Jesus told us were to be avoided should be enough to cast suspicion on the ideas that their extra biblical writings espouse. So, yes, as yourself, I believe at this is merely myth. Neither Jesus when speaking of the Genesis account nor any of the Apostles, such as Paul nor Peter, who quoted from the book of Genesis mentions any such Lilith.
Actually, the only mention of the word Lilith is in the book of Isaiah and it is used in reference to the creatures that would occupy areas that God had destroyed or desolated in his wrath. Jesus speaks of this devastation in Mathew 14 and John spreaks of it in Revelation. The word Lilith is transliterated in Isaiah as Night Monster after providing a list of other creatures that would inhabit those regions. .
Rabbinical Judaism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism
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