{"product_id":"the-rape-of-eve-celene-lillie-9781506423364","title":"The Rape of Eve: The Transformation of Roman Ideology in Three Early Christian Retellings of Genesis","description":"\u003cp\u003eSex, violence, power, and redemption. In recent decades, scholars of New Testament and early Christian traditions have given new attention to the relationships between gender and imperial power in the Roman world. In this surprising work, Celene Lillie examines core passages from three texts from Nag Hammadi, \u003cb\u003eOn the Origin of the World\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Reality of the Rulers\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eSecret Revelation of John\u003c\/b\u003e, in which Eve is portrayed as having been humiliated by the cosmic powers, yet experiencing restoration. Lillie compares that pattern with Gnostic savior motifs concerning Jesus and Seth, then sets it in the broader context of Roman cosmogonic myths at play in imperial ideology. The Nag Hammadi texts, she argues, offer us a window into symbolic forms of Christian resistance to imperial ideology. This groundbreaking study highlights the importance of the Nag Hammadi writings for our fuller appreciation of the currents of Christian response to the Roman Empire and the culture of rape pervasive within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celene Lillie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506423361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506423364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Celene Lillie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44254960812287,"sku":"9781506423364","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46117da5-5576-42a5-899b-1c114c86d007.jpg?v=1694615305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rape-of-eve-celene-lillie-9781506423364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}