EPISODE · Dec 19, 2025 · 4 MIN
Bad Girls of the Bible: Lilith – The Woman Who Refused to Lie Down
from SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy from the Margins · host Swopbehindbars
When it comes to “bad girls,” Lilith is the shadowy figure lurking just off the page. You won’t find her in Genesis alongside Eve. She doesn’t get a genealogy, a dramatic fall, or even a name-drop. But in Jewish folklore and later interpretation, she becomes one of the most infamous women of all time: the demoness, the seductress, the baby-killer, the first wife of Adam who refused to submit. So was Lilith a bad girl? Or was she simply too powerful for the Bible’s editors to tolerate?
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When it comes to “bad girls,” Lilith is the shadowy figure lurking just off the page. You won’t find her in Genesis alongside Eve. She doesn’t get a genealogy, a dramatic fall, or even a name-drop. But in Jewish folklore and later interpretation, she becomes one of the most infamous women of all time: the demoness, the seductress, the baby-killer, the first wife of Adam who refused to submit. So was Lilith a bad girl? Or was she simply too powerful for the Bible’s editors to tolerate?
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Bad Girls of the Bible: Lilith – The Woman Who Refused to Lie Down
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