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Ancient Israel

...... As the first woman mentioned in the Bible (though not the first woman in Jewish Talmudic tradition), Eve has become something of an archetype for both Jewish and Christian woman. Her actual action, which consisted of eating a fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was not the act of a sexual temptress, though Eve has been portrayed that way. If the text is accurate, Adam and Eve knew nothing of sexuality while in Eden; therefore, how could Eve have possibly used her sexuality to entice Adam to eat the fruit? It was only after they both ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge that they became aware of sexuality. The fruit also brought the closer to God by seemingly granting them both greater intelligence and a conscience. This interpretation is much more consistent with the actual language of the Bible than interpretations found in extra-biblical sources describing the Eden tale. In Genesis, God creates both Adam and Eve in his image; years of culturally-laden expectations and poor translations have caused that story to read as if only Adam were created in the image of God, with Eve as a mere servant to help