Not Adam and Eve ...it was Adam and Lilith. How do you feel about how the Bible & Christians view Lilith?

Getting rid of Lilith was the political correctness of the time.

EDIT: Lilith isn't in the KJV because the translators decided to translate her name as "screech owl." (Isasiah 34:14). It's further evidence that the words of the KJV were chosen for doctrinal reasons rather than accuracy.

The story is every bit as accurate as the stories that were later deemed doctrinally correct enough for the Bible.

Seems to me this topic was discussed not long ago, wasn't it? Nothing has changed. God said Adam married Eve, not Lilith, not Steve, nor anyone else. The Bible does not mention Lilith--if so, where are your references? Chapter and verse, please?

BTW, the women as portrayed in the Bible seemed to get realistic treatment just like men got. It is true that men seemed to be mentioned more often, and my opinion is that God wanted men to take the lead in living for Him, training the children, and so forth. Absolutely it takes a mother and father to best raise any child or children. No argument there. The Bible simply records the deeds of selected people and shows us what's what. We do not have to copy the bad deeds, nor even the good deeds, but the concept is to honor God in all things.

1) Not Adam and Eve ...it was Adam and Lilith. How do you feel about how the Bible & Christians view Lilith?

Well, let's see....

the bible view of Lilith - she doesn't exist

the Christian view of Lilith - she doesn't exist

I'm quite copacetic with both of these.

2) Lilith is only mentioned 2 times in the Bible. once as a demon is this an example of how the Christian men who wrote the bible portrayed women.

Or, we can consider a more rational evaluation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith#Lilith_in_the_...

Particularly in light of the **period** (long after Jesus) that the "Lilith / Adam" myth took shape

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith#Adam_and_Lilit...

Jim, http://www.christianwebprogramming.com/br/

Well I checked out all chapters that people said were evidence of Lilith in the bible translated by Martin Luther, and there's not one verse that as far as I can understand points to the existence of anyone named Lilith.

I don't know what people think as far as Martin Luther's translation, but since he was a reformer looking to bring Christianity back to its roots, I would guess it was accurate.

EDIT: Sorry. I didn't make myself clear. There's no mention of her in sense that she was Adam's first wife.

And "lamia" represents the original Lilith, a spirit of the night who in Hebrew legend is the demon wife of Adam.

Christian men did not generalize all women as this demon...

Get real.

Its a fairly common Bible "myth" based on an inaccurate understanding of a specific Hebrew word and a fusion of extra-Biblical, Sumerian and Akkadian lore.

"NIGHTJAR

[Heb., li•lith´].

A creature appearing in the description of Edom’s utter desolation and of the things inhabiting its ruins. (Isa 34:14) The Hebrew word has been variously translated as “screech owl” (KJ), “night-monster” (AS), “nightjar” (NE, NW), and “night hag” (RS), while The Jerusalem Bible prefers simply to transliterate the name as “Lilith.”

Many scholars endeavor to show that the Hebrew term is a loanword from ancient Sumerian and Akkadian and that it derives from the name of a mythological female demon of the air (Lilitu). Professor G. R. Driver, however, considers the Hebrew word (li•lith´) to derive from a root word denoting “every kind of twisting motion or twisted object,” even as the Hebrew word la´yil (or lai´lah), meaning “night,” suggests a “wrapping itself round or enfolding the earth.” Such derivation of li•lith´, he suggests, may likely point to the nightjar as both a nocturnal feeding bird and one noted for its rapid twisting and turning flight as it pursues moths, beetles, and other night-flying insects. As quoted by Driver, Tristram, the naturalist, described the nightjar as “becoming very active towards dusk, when they hawk about at great speed and with intricate turnings after their food.”—Palestine Exploration Quarterly, London, 1959, pp. 55, 56.

The nightjar is almost 30 cm (12 in.) in length with a wingspan of 50 cm (20 in.) or more; its plumage resembles the owl’s, being soft and delicately mottled with gray and brown. The soft wing feathers allow for noiseless flight. Its large mouth is evidently the reason for its also being called the goatsucker, an ancient legend holding that the bird sucked the milk of goats.

As to the likelihood of such a bird being found in the arid region of Edom, certain varieties of this bird are known to inhabit waste places. An Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) lives almost exclusively in the desert, occupying acacia groves and tamarisk bushes and seeking its food in twilight. Another (Caprimulgus nubicus) is found in desert fringes between Jericho and the Red Sea, hence in regions like that of Edom."

I've heard that story. What else is there to say? Somebody came up with a weird story that isn't in the Bible. How original.

Lilith is a womans activist imaginary person ......this woman is supposed to be the start of womans choice because she refused lie under Adam ...but she isnt real

lilith is mentioned 0 times in the Bible

and it was a story created by the RCC to keep the women in line.

Frog,

Lilith did not exist. She is a figment of your imagination according to Genesis. Have a great week.

Thanks,

Eds

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Sorry froggy, this one does not float. It is a myth that crops up every so often.

I did a quick search and am giving you another site to look at.

http://www.gotquestions.org/Lillith.html