Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 8435
Author(s): Hill, Thomas D.
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Title : Pilate's Visionary Wife and the Innocence of Eve: An Old Saxon Source for the Old English "Genesis B" [The author argues that the "Genesis B" poet tells the story of the Fall according to Germanic literary tradition. Because Eve needs to be innocent, the poet adapted an episode from the "Heliand" concerning Pilate's wife's vision. Thus Eve ensares her husband thinking that she is being given special visions of God. Title note from Feminae.].
Source: JEGP: Journal of English and Germanic Philology , 101., 2 (April 2002):  Pages 170 - 184.
Year of Publication: 2002.

2. Record Number: 12769
Author(s): Beck, Jonathan.
Contributor(s):
Title : Genesis, Sexual Antagonism, and the Defective Couple of the Twelfth-Century "Jeu d'Adam" [The author discusses the Jeu d’Adam, a medieval French play which, in retelling the story of Genesis, dramatizes the discord between Adam and Eve (portrayed in the play as a defective couple). Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Representations , 29., ( 1990):  Pages 124 - 144.
Year of Publication: 1990.