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From: elsegal@acs.ucalgary.ca (Eliezer Segal)
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Subject: Re: JSmith: Lilith
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 09:55:28 -0700
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For the last time (I wish!):The Lilith legend, the one that portrays her
as Adam's first wife, is NOT a "Rabbinic" one. It first appears in a
medieval work of dubious (possibly: anti-Rabbinic) origin called "the
Alphabet of Ben Sira" and then found its way into various
mystical/Kabbalistic writings. It is a marginal tradition that has been
overused by writers who usually do not have the competence to check the
sources.
See: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/950206_Lilith.html