Comparing the Image of Eve in the Bible and the Quran and Examining Its Consequences in Literature and Art

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1 PhD Student in Women's Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Women's Studies, Al Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This article first deals comparatively with the image of Eve as the first woman in the story of the creation of the Quran and the Bible, and discusses the dimensions of human status, guilt in the descent, and punishment of her first sin. It then examines and compares the consequences and representations of this theological image in the literature and art of the Christian and Islamic worlds. This goal is achieved by collecting data and exploring library documents and artwork, usingmicro and balanced comparison study in the first part i.e. the examination of the story of creation in the Quran and the Bible, and unbalanced comparison study in the second part i.e. the investigation of the effect of theological sources on literature and art. The result of the study shows that the image of Eve in the Bible is not free of anti-feminist myths. Furthermore, the creation of the left rib, Adam's temptation, guilt in the descent and punishment of Eve are depicted differently from Adam, while the Quran does not depict such an image.  However, in addition to Western literature and art, which represents the Bible's image of Eve, some Islamic literary and artistic works are also influenced by the same image and do not correspond to the Quranic image of Eve.

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