The Word According to Eve

“A disarming, intelligent, and timely book” that re-examines religious history and scripture with a focus on the feminine experience ( The New York Times ). In the world that created the Bible, there were no female scholars and theologians, yet in recent decades, owing to such stunning discoveries as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts, as well as advances in historical understanding and the rise of feminism, a generation of scholars has found new ways to interpret the Scriptures and