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''For other uses of the name [[Lilith]], see [[Lilith (disambiguation)]].''
''For other uses of the name [[Lilith]], see [[Lilith (disambiguation)]].''




 
'''The Book of Lilith''' is a novel written by Robert G. Brown. In this work Lilith appears as one of the main characters.
'''The Book of Lilith''' is a book written by Robert G. Brown.
 
[[Image:bookolilith.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cover of The Book of Lilith, by Robert G. Brown.]]




== Book Details ==
== Overview ==
*Title: The Book of Lilith
*Title: The Book of Lilith
*Author: Robert G. Brown
*Author: Robert G. Brown
*Format: Paperback
*Published By: Robert G. Brown
*Pages: 240
*Length: 240 Pages
*Publisher: Lulu.com
*Format: Paperback & eBook
*Language: English
*ASIN: B0010498S0
*ISBN-10: 1430322454
*ISBN-10: 1430322454 <small>(Paperback)</small>
*ISBN-13: 978-1430322450
*ISBN-13: 978-1430322450 <small>(Paperback)</small>
*Release Date: July 31, 2007
*Publishing Date: July 31, 2007
 




== Plot Summary ==
The Book of Lilith tells the story of Lilith, who was really the first woman created by God, and who just happened to have been created before Adam. Her job is to give all the things in the world souls, while Adam's is to create rules and law out of chaos. Unfortunately, Adam likes to have sex with Lilith only in the Adam-on-top position. This leads to, shall we say, "problems". The Book of Lilith is alternately funny, serious, surreal, and amazing as Lilith embarks on a Zen journey around the world giving things souls and giving birth to a god. It is more than a little bit deep, and yet very, very entertaining.


== Book Synopsis ==
The Book of Lilith tells the story of Lilith, who was really the first woman created by God, and who just happened to have been created before Adam. Her job is to give all the things in the world souls, while Adam's is to create rules and law out of chaos. Unfortunately, Adam likes to have sex with Lilith only in the Adam-on-top position. This leads to, shall we say, "problems". The Book of Lilith is alternately funny, serious, surreal, and amazing as Lilith embarks on a Zen journey around the world giving things souls and giving birth to a god. It is more than a little bit deep, and yet very, very entertaining.


== Book Review ==
== Book Review ==
''At the time of this article's entry in the SuccuWiki, no review was available. Tera has this work on her reading list and will review it shortly.''


''The following review, written by the author of this book can be found at the Amazon.com link in the External Links Below''
 
*Author Review
*August 27, 2007
*By Robert G. Brown
The Book of Lilith is a work of serious fiction. You should find  it entertaining, and it should make you think. The general category for  the work is magical realism, or perhaps satiric fantasy in the spirit of  Barth's Chimera. It is a story set in a pseudo-academic framing  story involving the supposed discovery of lost scrolls in war-torn Iraq  by a somewhat mysterious maiden.
These scrolls, when translated, turn out to be the oldest written documents ever discovered, the first person story of Lilith herself. Although the frame is of course just part of the story (and yet told realistically enough that it fooled at least one early reader into asking the author "so where are the real scrolls") the story itself is carefully researched and spans four cultures from the early Bronze or late Stone age. Lilith takes the reader with her as the crazy course of her life ensouled carries her from its beginnings in a magical Eden located in ancient Sumeria to Sidon in early Phoenicia, to Mohenjo Daro and the Harrapan civilization, and finally to a wicked and corrupt India in the years immediately preceding the
violent cleansing portrayed in the Mahabharata. It is lovingly derived from many scholarly and historical works and epics, including  The Book of Genesis, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the  Upanishads, the Alphabet of Ben-Sirra, the Dead Sea  Scrolls and more.
Note well that the Lilith portrayed is not the "goddess" worshipped by various cults, nor is she the she-demon portrayed  by various patriarchal writings. She is a real person -- the first,  untamed wife of Adam, with a surprising relationship with the more  submissive Eve. In fact, she is the first real person gifted  with a soul by God, and it is her appointed task to bring the gift of  Soul to all things in Creation (beginning with Adam) by means of her  love, just as it is Adam's task to bring about the rule of Law and hence  begin the process of evolving a just and ethical society. Lilith enjoys  both preternatural knowledge and a personal relationship -- one  that involves sharing sushi and shopping trips to early bazaars - with  Goddess in the metaphor of Inanna (given that any human  representation of God is at heart an anthropomorphic projection of a  genderless state of Perfect Knowledge and Perfect Being).
Many themes (some of them somewhat disturbing or even shocking, be warned) are woven into the story. Lilith is in turn an eager young  bride in love, a young mother coping with what turns out to be a  possessive, insecure, and slovenly husband, a beaten and raped wife who  prefers to work as a harlot to feed herself and her children rather than  ever again be "owned" by any man, a miracle worker beloved by God and  granted the power to heal the sick or punish the wicked, a penetrating  judge who can plumb the depths of the darkest heart and consign its  possessor to freedom or a horrible death, and (throughout) a seductive  lover with the uninhibited knowledge of sexual pleasure she is ever  willing to share -- as long as she gets to be on top, or at least  to take turns.
At the end of all this -- eventually -- she turns out to be neither more  nor less than an extraordinary human being who suffers from her pride  and mistakes, who struggles with her appointed task (sometimes  succeeding and sometimes failing) and who learns from the pain and  reward of a life well spent that knowledge and wisdom are not the same  thing.
There are surprises and adventures, wickedness and great good, laughter  and tears, and -- perhaps -- a nugget or two of wisdom, so give it a  try. I think you'll enjoy it!


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lilith-Robert-G-Brown/dp/1430322454/ This book at Amazon.com]
*[http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lilith-Robert-G-Brown-ebook/dp/B0010498S0/ This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com]
*[http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lilith-Robert-G-Brown/dp/1430322454/ This work in Paperback Format at Amazon.com]

Latest revision as of 10:40, 3 March 2014

The Book of Lilith
The Book of Lilith Book Cover, written by Robert G. Brown
The Book of Lilith Book Cover, written by Robert G. Brown
Author(s) Robert G. Brown
Publisher Robert G. Brown
Publication date July 31, 2007
Media type Paperback
eBook
Length 240 Pages
ISBN 978-1430322450
ASIN B0010498S0

For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).

For other uses of the name Lilith, see Lilith (disambiguation).


The Book of Lilith is a novel written by Robert G. Brown. In this work Lilith appears as one of the main characters.


Overview

  • Title: The Book of Lilith
  • Author: Robert G. Brown
  • Published By: Robert G. Brown
  • Length: 240 Pages
  • Format: Paperback & eBook
  • ASIN: B0010498S0
  • ISBN-10: 1430322454 (Paperback)
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430322450 (Paperback)
  • Publishing Date: July 31, 2007


Plot Summary

The Book of Lilith tells the story of Lilith, who was really the first woman created by God, and who just happened to have been created before Adam. Her job is to give all the things in the world souls, while Adam's is to create rules and law out of chaos. Unfortunately, Adam likes to have sex with Lilith only in the Adam-on-top position. This leads to, shall we say, "problems". The Book of Lilith is alternately funny, serious, surreal, and amazing as Lilith embarks on a Zen journey around the world giving things souls and giving birth to a god. It is more than a little bit deep, and yet very, very entertaining.


Book Review

At the time of this article's entry in the SuccuWiki, no review was available. Tera has this work on her reading list and will review it shortly.


External Links

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