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Mark
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Hi guys —
I have a rather odd question regarding Adam and Eve. I was approached with the question:
- What
happened to Eve's sister, Lilith?
and my answer was a very eloquent "What?"
I did a bit of research and the closest I could come was Rabbinic Talmudic legend.
- Does Lilith appear anywhere that you know of?
My closest guess (and it's a wild stab)
is perhaps the Nashim order of the Talmud-Mishnam-Gemara. Having never heard or researched
the Gemara, I am most likely grossly mistaken and would welcome help, even if it
is just so much as to explain to me what the Gemara is, as opposed to the Tankh.
I realize that this is perhaps too far outside of the Catholic Church to be your
area of expertise, but any help you might offer would be greatly appreciated.
Yisep YHWH,
— Mark
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What happened
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Mark followed up latter:
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Hello again,
I think I answered my own question. I was looking
in all the wrong places. Lilith, as near I can
figure out, is not an actual person, but rather
the phonetic rendering of the older name of a "night
demon".
The myth surrounding Lilith is essentially that
she was the unsubmissive first wife of Adam who
ultimately committed adultery with demons to
spawn the succubi.
I apologize for asking questions
that needed only one further step of research.
God bless.
P.S. Thank you so much for the wonderful work
you do. I am a freshman in college and I come
again and again to your site to answer questions
of my own and those of my friends. You are doing
a tremendous amount to not only spread the faith,
but to preserve its integrity among the
youth.
Once again, God bless.
Mark
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Eric replied:
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Mark wrote:
Hello again,
I think I answered my own question. I was looking in all the wrong places. Lilith,
as near I can figure out, is not an actual person, but rather the phonetic rendering
of the older name of a "night demon".
The myth surrounding lilith is essentially
that she was the unsubmissive first wife of Adam who ultimately committed adultery
with demons to spawn the succubi.
I apologize for asking questions that needed only
one further step of research.
Not a problem; glad you found your answer. You are correct, as far as
I can recall. :-)
This myth is popular among feminists. It, of course, has
no biblical basis.
Mark wrote:
P.S. Thank you so much for the wonderful work
you do. I am a freshman in college and I come again and again to your
site to answer questions of my own and those of my friends. You are doing
a tremendous amount to not only spread the faith, but to preserve its
integrity among the youth. God bless.
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. We'd love to have your questions.
Eric
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