VLVL creation stories in Genesis

[Michael Joseph]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Terrance wrote:
>
> Robert Graves talks about a few of these in his WG. He mentions the
> Clementines. The rejected the so-called Orthodox reading (Adam and Eve
> sin) and put the Onus on the Serpent. Another good Fall tale is Milton's
> PL.
>
see also his *Adam's Rib* (not the Hepburn/Tracy version). RG believed the
Genesis version was a purposeful misreading of Goddess religion icons, so
that Man with sharpened curved knife standing over sleeping man with naked
woman beside them refers to Oak King being slain by Holly King, while
Goddess/Mother awaits new consort/lover, rather than God creating Eve from
sleeping Adam's rib. James Metcalf created a suite of wood-engravings to
illustrate RG's thesis, which appear in the pricey Trianon Press
publication, printed in reddish brown.

> Milton, apparently, was a tough father and has been accused of abusing
> his daughter and mistreating his first wife. One should certainly read
> his Doctrine on Divorce and his Christian Doctrine not to mention a good
> biography before dismissing this opinion as the kind of hot-button
> publish or perish scholarship that has authors like Melville tossing his
> wife down a stair and falling in love with NH, but Milton's Eve, given
> the times, is quite radical.
>
> Well, Milton was a radical after all.
>