Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses an article entitled "The Bible and the Greeks", Emmanuel Levinas commentson the dual Greek and Hebrew inspiration of present culture. It recognizes the progress achieved by a feminist reading of the text, it will be to question the validity of such a claim for progress. The book explains problematize Eve's individuating stance and claim for autonomy and this, in light of the very intention of the biblical text. It attempts to understand whether the definition of man as a central figure is truly a biblical one. The book attempts to situate the roots of the Babelian evil precisely in a central and masterful will to power oblivious to the dimension of the other. It explores the exile of the sons of Levi, or the Levites.