Introduction : On the nature of monotheism -- Part 1. The world of the goddesses. The pantheon -- "Godwomen" : goddesses, women, and gender -- The wisdom of women : goddesses and the arts of civilization -- In the body of the goddess : Godesses and nature -- Bridges to the gods : love, war, and the Goddess Inanna/Ishtar -- The marginalization of the goddess -- Part 2. In the absence of goddesses : biblical transformations. Israel and the master of the universe -- But in ourselves --Homo sapiens -- Gender and its image : women in the bible -- The wanton wife of God -- Asherah and abundance -- Our father and our mother -- Zion, the beloved woman -- Wisdom, the lover of man -- Part 3. Sex and gender : the unfinished agenda. Sex in the Bible -- Sex and the people : the myth of orgy -- Gifts of the Greeks.
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