The story of Adam and Eve is familiar even to those who are far from religion and the Bible. they were the first people, and God created Eve from Adam's rib. However, some researchers may dispute the fact that Eve was the first and only wife of Adam. The name of Lilith remained in history, a woman who claims to be the first world … She can be called the first feminist, because according to Jewish legend, she refused to serve her husband and wanted to be equal to him.
Lilith, Adam's first wife
The biblical canon never mentions the first wife of Adam and does not even consider her existence. However, this story can be found in Jewish texts, mostly written in the Middle Ages. But for the first time, Lilith was indicated in ancient Babylonian and Sumerian texts as a creature of the night that abducts children. She also appears in one line in Isaiah 34:14, where Lilith is mentioned among the desert night creatures.
Where did the talk about Adam's first wife come from in the Middle Ages? The fact is that some Hebrew scientists had their own view of the events described in Genesis. The fact is that Genesis 1:27 describes that God created man and woman in his own likeness. But in Genesis 2: 21-22, there is a familiar story about the creation of a woman from a man's rib. Some theologians believe that this is described as two completely different women, the first became equal to a man, and the second was already created after the first.
What could have happened to Adam's first wife? Proponents of the theory about Lilith claim that every word in Genesis has a sacred meaning, so there can be no misunderstandings and repetitions. A description of the history of Lilith can be found in the "Ben-Sira Alphabet", which was written in the period from the 7th to the 10th century (it was not possible to establish exactly).
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It is believed that the text in the "Ben-Sira Alphabet" is the first written mention, but oral stories about Lilith were known much earlier. She was known even in ancient Babylonian texts, and then her legends spread to other countries. One way or another, the Bible does not recognize the existence of Lilith as the first wife of Adam - either she really did not exist, or her name was simply deleted from history …
