Oct 09, 2016 When God Was A Woman Merlin Stone Pdf995 Trending Tumblr. Merlin is a television miniseries which originally aired in 1998 on NBC that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin.
It's definitely written in a way that is accessible to pretty much anyone, and should be part of your education in that it remains a perspective that people hold on to. But most academics - feminist archaeologists, Classicists and historians included - agree that the majority of the evidence cited doesn't really hold up to snuff.
(I'm speaking in particular of Marija Gimbutas' work, which is the most often cited.) If you loved this book, I strongly recommend following it with 's It's definitely written in a way that is accessible to pretty much anyone, and should be part of your education in that it remains a perspective that people hold on to. But most academics - feminist archaeologists, Classicists and historians included - agree that the majority of the evidence cited doesn't really hold up to snuff. (I'm speaking in particular of Marija Gimbutas' work, which is the most often cited.) If you loved this book, I strongly recommend following it with 's. Beyond arguing evidence, it challenges the usefulness of perpetuating the very stories being constructed by people like Ms. Granted, there was a lot of backlash (not to mention feelings of betrayal) after Eller published her book, but read it to inform yourself. Then, after reading both, you may find yourself in the middle, just like me, agreeing with apparently mutually exclusive perspectives.
Stone discusses the history behind the religion(s) of the Goddess. Various religions in the past held that 'God' was a female deity, as only females are the creators of life. There is anthropological and archaeological evidence which suggest that the earliest religions were those with a female deity. It wasn't until Indo-European religions (which eventually developed the Judeo-Christian cultures) came through with their male-dominator culture, that the Goddess was first suppressed. With this sup Stone discusses the history behind the religion(s) of the Goddess. Various religions in the past held that 'God' was a female deity, as only females are the creators of life.
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There is anthropological and archaeological evidence which suggest that the earliest religions were those with a female deity. It wasn't until Indo-European religions (which eventually developed the Judeo-Christian cultures) came through with their male-dominator culture, that the Goddess was first suppressed. With this suppression of the Goddess came the suppression of women's rights. This is also demonstrated when we look at the Judeo-Christian (Abrahamic) religions, and we see the subjugation of women (double standards, rape, slavery, etc.). On top of this, we see women blamed for the fall of man (as in the Old Testament of the Bible), and this is believed to be an artifact of the patriarchal religions' suppression of the Goddess. The fig tree was a symbol for the Goddess in many areas around the Fertile Crescent, as well as the serpent.
If we look at the book of Genesis (in the Bible), we can 'coincidentally' see these symbols (namely the serpent) as something representing 'evil' or 'deceit'. On top of this, it was 'Eve' that ate the fruit first, so not only is the serpent symbol demonized, but also women in general. Ironically, even if we read the fable of Adam and Eve straight out of Genesis, we see that Eve was actually deceived by a trained deceiver (the serpent), where Adam was deceived by his wife (not a trained deceiver). So Adam was co-erced into 'sin' by someone he trusted that was apparently just ignorant, and Eve was co-erced into 'sin' by a trained deceiver -- yet it is Eve that takes the bulk of the blame? This is further evidence of how ridiculous the fable is, and how there were so many political reasons behind the religions that suppressed women's rights (namely the Judeo-Christian religions). Stone does a decent job presenting the evidence and findings and basically summarizing what happened to women as a result of these patriarchal religious shifts. ما كان عندما كانت هي الأعلى: قراءة في كتاب يوم كان الرب أنثى المؤلفة: مارلين ستون ترجمة وتقديم: حنّا عبود الناشر: الأهالي للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع – سوريا – دمشق، 1998.
عدد الصفحات: 231 صفحة من القطع الكبير يتضمن الكتاب ثلاثة عشر فصلًا إضافة إلى المقدمة الخاصة بالمترجم، ويتحدث الكتاب عن العديد من الأماكن التي نشأت على تقديس الرّبة الأنثى، منذ العصر الحجري القديم وحتى ظهور الديانات السماوية (والتي تدعوها الكاتبة ديانات تقديس الإله الذّكر)، سومر، أكاد، بابل، أوغاريت، كريت، قبرص، اليونان، مصر، فلسطين، ال ما كان عندما كانت هي الأعلى: قراءة في كتاب يوم كان الرب أنثى المؤلفة: مارلين ستون ترجمة وتقديم: حنّا عبود الناشر: الأهالي للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع – سوريا – دمشق، 1998. عدد الصفحات: 231 صفحة من القطع الكبير يتضمن الكتاب ثلاثة عشر فصلًا إضافة إلى المقدمة الخاصة بالمترجم، ويتحدث الكتاب عن العديد من الأماكن التي نشأت على تقديس الرّبة الأنثى، منذ العصر الحجري القديم وحتى ظهور الديانات السماوية (والتي تدعوها الكاتبة ديانات تقديس الإله الذّكر)، سومر، أكاد، بابل، أوغاريت، كريت، قبرص، اليونان، مصر، فلسطين، الهند، كيليكيا، الأناضول، إيران، وبلدان أخرى تظهر بشكل خاص في الفصل الخامس. وتأكد الكاتبة أن غزاة الشمال أو ما يطلق عليهم الهندوأوربيين هم أول من هبط بمستوى المرأة لتصير في المرتبة الثانية بل بأدنى مستوى الكائنات. ويبدأ الكتاب -بعد مقدمة المترجم- ببعض الاقتباسات التي اختارتها ستون وكان أولها اقتباس للكاتبة الفرنسية سيمون دي بوفوار من كتابها الجنس الآخر تقول فيه: «يتمتع الرجل بامتياز كبير وهو أنه يمتلك ربًا يصدق على القانون الذي يكتبه، وبما أن الرجل يمارس سلطة حاكمة على النساء فمن صالحه أن تكون هذه السلطة موهوبة له من الكائن الأعلى.