Which Lilith?

Eve was not Adam''s first wife. That honor belongs to Lilith, who was created as Adam''s equal. When he tried to dominate her, she uttered God''s secret name and flew away. Lilith is mentioned in the Talmud, elaborated on in the midrash and in the kabbalah, whispered about in stories, and passed down from mother to daughter. In this anthology, a vivid, provocative, and enlightening sampling of Jew...