Juskiene, Vaineta. "The female image in the biblical text: aspect of creation." Feminist -------------Theology. Journal Biblical Literature, December 1, 2010. Web. April 2, 2012. Rooke, Deborah W. “Feminist Criticism of the Old Testament: Why Bother?” Libraries.Slu.Edu. ----Journal Biblical Literature, January 1, 2007. Web. April 6, 2012. Feminism in the Old Testament The first widely discussed article is titled "Feminist Criticism of the Old Testament: Why Worry?" by Deborah W. Rooke. Rooke makes his point quite clearly by stating that within Western cultural mythology people have been rooted in the story of Adam and Eve in the distorted idea that woman (Eve) must be subordinate to man (Adam) because this is the common interpretive society is presented. However, the notion expressed by Rooke is in desperate need of a feminist reading of Genesis 2-3 that highlights the difficulties with the traditional reading of the subordinations and, ultimately, suggests other possibilities of interpretation and not just the one-sided "patriarchal" claims of authority, thus making it possible to foresee and work towards a different world order” (Rooke, 1). Taking the perspective of what appears to be the exact opposite of a patriarchal world order, Rooke explains how, in essence, the voices of women silenced by the pages of the book must be recovered. Rooke points out that the account of Adam and Eve in Genesis 2-3, a tale “is widely intended to show women as intrinsically inferior… at the center of the card… punishing humanity with an ending life. Rooke says this confirms why women have been discriminated against by men throughout time in religious scriptures. Juskiene explains that both (Adam and Eve, Man and Woman) need each other to thrive. Rooke's argument is one-sided and biased as he claims the woman did very correctly and only shifts the "blame" from one to the other. This weakens his argument immensely, if he had adopted a more facilitative point of view his argument would have been more persuasive. Rooke attempts to make the connection that God and man between them are plotting and are responsible for creating the conditions under which something is bound to go wrong, and that they do this before woman is created, so as to place the blame on her when things they go badly. . This idea only demonstrates the partial nature of Rooke's argument.