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The Harmonized and Rescriptured Story of Eve with Commentary is the interweaving of passages from I Enoch, 2 Enoch, Jubilees, Sibylline Oracles (Book 1), The Life of Adam and Eve (Vita), The Life of Adam and Eve (Apocalypse), Pseudo-Philo, The Ladder of Jacob, The Apocalypse of …

Liberal feminism views vulnerability as weakness and dominance as strength. This binary parallels nationalistic assertions of sovereignty. Within militaristic responses such as the U.S. retaliation to 9/11, however, we see the cost of refusing to acknowledge our vulnerability. I…

This dissertation delineates the intersections of transgression, law, inclusion and exclusion, self and Other, in Farid al-Din Attar Nishapuri's (1145-1221) treatment of class, gender, sexuality, and religion. I examine four sets of love stories that Attar used in his writings t…