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Introduction (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
I. Visual Symbolism: The Iconography of Creation
1
The Use of Prometheus as an exemplar in Third Century Rome (John Bradley,
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
2
Innocent in Sense and in Body: Adam and Eve in their Mandorlas (5th century
13th century) (Isabelle Mathian, Ecole du Louvre, France)
3
Prometheus Plasticator: Receptions of the Creation mytheme in Art (Jared A. Simard, New York University, USA)
II. Creation Narratives as a Model for Marriage
4
Eve and Pandora
Myths in Dialogue (Thierry Alcoloumbre, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
5
Tempting Treasures and Seductive Snakes: Presenting Eve and Pandora for the Youngest Readers (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
6
Thematic Intercultural Correspondence on the Creation of the Perfect Woman and the Falling in Love with Her (Ovid, Ibn Hazam, Ibn Hasdai, Ibn Zakbel and Alharizi) (Revital Refael-Vivante, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
III. Pandora, Eve and the Feminine Ideal
7
Adam and Eve: Reflections on a Relationship (Roslyn Weiss, Lehigh University, USA)
8
Eve, the First Woman: On Choice and Responsibility (Yael Shemesh, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
9
Absolving Eve: Medieval Women Writers Remodelling the Creation and the Fall (Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
IV. Ideological Manipulations of the Creation Narrative
10
A Story of Adam and Eve for Soviet Children and Adults: The Divine Comedy, a Puppet-Show Based on the Bible. (Hava B. Korzakova, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
11
Gender Archetypes and National Agendas in the Hebrew Creation Myth of the Daffodil (Vered Tohar, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
12
Genesis 3:15 and 16 and the State of Israel (Susan Weiss, Centre for Women's Justice, Israel)
V. Reinterpreting the Creation Narratives: Post-Modern Readings
13
"The Beautiful Trap Inside Us" : Pandoran Science Fiction & Posthuman Personhood (Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Trinity University, USA).
14
Ridley Scott's Prometheus and the Human Pandora (Edmund Cueva, University of Houston-Downtown, USA)
15
Pandora's Split: Reading the Myth of Pandora in Cruel Beauty (Lily Glasner, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
16
Adam the Alien, Eve the Robot: The Reinterpretation of Adam, Eve, Prometheus and Pandora in Japanese Manga and Anime (Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Conclusion (Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
I. Visual Symbolism: The Iconography of Creation
1
The Use of Prometheus as an exemplar in Third Century Rome (John Bradley,
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
2
Innocent in Sense and in Body: Adam and Eve in their Mandorlas (5th century
13th century) (Isabelle Mathian, Ecole du Louvre, France)
3
Prometheus Plasticator: Receptions of the Creation mytheme in Art (Jared A. Simard, New York University, USA)
II. Creation Narratives as a Model for Marriage
4
Eve and Pandora
Myths in Dialogue (Thierry Alcoloumbre, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
5
Tempting Treasures and Seductive Snakes: Presenting Eve and Pandora for the Youngest Readers (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
6
Thematic Intercultural Correspondence on the Creation of the Perfect Woman and the Falling in Love with Her (Ovid, Ibn Hazam, Ibn Hasdai, Ibn Zakbel and Alharizi) (Revital Refael-Vivante, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
III. Pandora, Eve and the Feminine Ideal
7
Adam and Eve: Reflections on a Relationship (Roslyn Weiss, Lehigh University, USA)
8
Eve, the First Woman: On Choice and Responsibility (Yael Shemesh, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
9
Absolving Eve: Medieval Women Writers Remodelling the Creation and the Fall (Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
IV. Ideological Manipulations of the Creation Narrative
10
A Story of Adam and Eve for Soviet Children and Adults: The Divine Comedy, a Puppet-Show Based on the Bible. (Hava B. Korzakova, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
11
Gender Archetypes and National Agendas in the Hebrew Creation Myth of the Daffodil (Vered Tohar, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
12
Genesis 3:15 and 16 and the State of Israel (Susan Weiss, Centre for Women's Justice, Israel)
V. Reinterpreting the Creation Narratives: Post-Modern Readings
13
"The Beautiful Trap Inside Us" : Pandoran Science Fiction & Posthuman Personhood (Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Trinity University, USA).
14
Ridley Scott's Prometheus and the Human Pandora (Edmund Cueva, University of Houston-Downtown, USA)
15
Pandora's Split: Reading the Myth of Pandora in Cruel Beauty (Lily Glasner, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
16
Adam the Alien, Eve the Robot: The Reinterpretation of Adam, Eve, Prometheus and Pandora in Japanese Manga and Anime (Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Conclusion (Lisa Maurice and Tovi Bibring, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Notes
Bibliography
Index.