This robs the educational system of any ability. Modern scholars have done little to alleviate the problem, as most share the dominant viewpoint, and either gloss over or purposefully corrupt the reality of Goddess worship in the ancient Middle East. It was published earlier in the United Kingdom as The Paradise Papers: The Suppression of Women's Rites.

Under her reign, societal roles differed. Christians and Muslims have incorporated the ancient Hebrew biases and develop them in their own characteristic ways, even justifying violence against women for alleged witchcraft and other 'crimes'. title of a 1976 book by sculptor and art historian Merlin Stone. In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. When you buy books using these links the Internet Archive may earn a small commission. When god was a woman by Stone, Merlin Publication date 1976 Topics Women and religion Publisher New York : Dial Press Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks americana Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English Bibliography: p. Stone shows this as a continuing operation over the several centuries brave women have dared to protest. When God was a woman by Stone, Merlin., Merlin Stone, 1976, Dial Press edition, in English. At the time the book is written (1976), the women's movement is on the verge of experiencing male backlash, with Fundamentalists citing God's will as expressed in the Bible as sufficient reason for limiting women's economic opportunities. Western civilization continues to be biased against women. Insightful and thought-provoking, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the origin of current gender roles and in rediscovering women's power.Merlin Stone deals at great length in When God Was a Woman with the operation and result of bias. Documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmas, Merlin Stone describes an ancient conspiracy in which the Goddess was reimagined as a wanton, depraved figure, a characterization confirmed and perpetuated by one of modern culture's best-known legends?-?that of the fall of Adam and Eve. Under her reign, societal roles differed markedly from those in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures: women bought and sold property, traded in the marketplace, and inherited title and land from their mothers. How did the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy come about? In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. It was published earlier in the United Kingdom as The. The landmark exploration of the ancient worship of the Great Goddess and the eventual supression of women's rites. title of a 1976 book by sculptor and art historian Merlin Stone.

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