Genesis however, is the subsequent sexualization of Eve to which the modern sexualization or Whore labeling of women can be attributed. Just as mind/body dualism was adapted from Greek society into Judeo-Christian culture, Greek theme of women being universally and inherently alluring, but disastrous, infiltrated “the Jewish thought when Phipps argues that there was Palestine came under Hellenistic influence”. actually a blending of the Pandora and Eve myth within Judaism in the time between the Hebrew creation and the founding of Christianity. It is at this point that the sexualization of Eve Bible’s enters into the Judeo, and soon Christian, conceptualization of Eve. An explicit reference to Eve as corrupting is found in I Timothy 2:13-14, was not deceived, but the woman was “Adam deceived and became the This vilification of Eve was setting the stage within early transgressor”. Christianity for the redemptive character of the Virgin Mary and the which “Eve-Mary typology” can be extrapolated as the Madonna/Whore dichotomy. It would be male theologians in the following centuries who would develop this image of Eve as a temptress far beyond what the biblical text describes, referring to her as the man by means of to where “beguiling pleasure” “it is still Eve the temptress that we must beware of in any with woman”, Chrystostom stating “what happened to the first woman [Eve] occasioned the subjection of the so that whole sex” “a shaped body is merely a whitewashed tomb; the parts within are full of It is this vilified filth”. Eve that is remembered and summoned by any reference to or use of Eve, Edenic, or Fall of Man imagery. This is of particular interest in the perpetuation of the Madonna/Whore dichotomy considering Shelly that Genesis/Fall myth informs our understandings of Colette’s claim “the who we are and our roles in the when referenced within culture. Applying this reasoning, world” by tracing evolution from a villain to a temptress to the original Whore, the power of Eve’s considering women against archetype can be uncovered and thereby delegitimized. Eve’s Whore
Genesis however, is the subsequent sexualization of Eve to which the modern sexualization or Whore labeling of women can be attributed. Just as mind/body dualism was adapted from Greek society into Judeo-Christian culture, “the Greek theme of women being universally and inherently alluring, but disastrous, infiltrated Jewish thought when Palestine came under Hellenistic influence”. Phipps argues that there was actually a blending of the Pandora and Eve myth within Judaism in the time between the Hebrew Bible’s creation and the founding of Christianity. It is at this point that the sexualization of Eve enters into the Judeo, and soon Christian, conceptualization of Eve. An explicit reference to Eve as corrupting is found in I Timothy 2:13-14, “Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became the transgressor”. This vilification of Eve was setting the stage within early Christianity for the redemptive character of the Virgin Mary and the “Eve-Mary typology” which can be extrapolated as the Madonna/Whore dichotomy. It would be male theologians in the following centuries who would develop this image of Eve as a temptress far beyond what the biblical text describes, referring to her as “beguiling the man by means of pleasure” to where “it is still Eve the temptress that we must beware of in any woman”, with Chrystostom stating “what happened to the first woman [Eve] occasioned the subjection of the whole sex” so that “a body is merely a whitewashed tomb; the parts within are full of filth”. It is this vilified Eve that is remembered and summoned by any reference to or use of Eve, Edenic, or Fall of Man imagery. This is of particular interest in the perpetuation of the Madonna/Whore dichotomy considering Shelly Colette’s claim that “the Genesis/Fall myth informs our understandings of who we are and our roles in the world” when referenced within culture. Applying this reasoning, by tracing Eve’s evolution from a villain to a temptress to the original Whore, the power of considering women against Eve’s Whore archetype can be uncovered and thereby delegitimized. shaped
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