The Female Ruse
Adelman, Rachel E.![The Female Ruse](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/190/19024553/CHSBZCOP0319024553.jpg)
From Eve to Esther, the Hebrew Bible is replete with gendered tales of trickery. A lie is uttered, a mask donned, a seduction staged, while redemption is propelled forward, guided by the divine hand. From the first 'female ruse' - Eve presenting the fruit of the tree of knowledge to Adam - humanity becomes embodied, engaged in history, moving from the Garden to exile, from wandering to homeland and redemption (and back again).
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