Who Really was the FIRST Woman?

Anyone who has grown up in the Christian religion as I have has always been told that Eve was the first woman. We are all familiar with Genesis and the story of how God made woman from Adam's rib. Our bible, the Christian bible, says that Eve was the woman that God made from Adam's rib and thus she was the first woman. Any biblical scholar; however, will tell you that Eve was not the first woman.

Antonio Molinari's Version of Adam and Eve

Long ago, when the bible was translated from ancient Hebrew to Latin, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church chose to have certain parts of the bible not included in what would become the modern bible. There are several books missing from the bible, certain things were mistranslated, and, in the case of the first woman, the story was completely altered to leave out a key figure. The traditional Hebrew texts as well as the current Jewish bible still have the original story.

The Vatican

In the beginning, after creating Adam, God created a woman named Lilith. This was before the creation of Eve. Lilith was supposed to be Adam's companion, but the two did not get along and fought all the time. Eventually, Lilith left Adam and God, having seen how Lilith and Adam did not get along, decided that this time around, he would make a woman from Adam. So he took one of Adam's ribs and created Eve. 

The Hebrew Text ( Jewish Bible)

We all know the story from there, but what most of us do not know is what happened to Lilith. Though some of us who watch the HBO series True Blood will have an idea. After leaving Adam, the Hebrew texts say that Lilith became the world's first succubus - the precursor to the vampire. Lilith was a succubus who stole children's souls, specifically children's souls. 

An Artist's Depiction of Lilith

Now Lilith's story isn't the only one in the bible that the Roman Catholic Church changed. In the ancient texts, Moses' walking cane did not become a snake when he threw it on the ground in front of Pharaoh - it became a Nile crocodile. The text is specific about it being a Nile crocodile and none other. 

A Depiction of the Christian Bible's Tale of Moses and the Pharaoh 

On top of these minor mistakes in the modern bible, there are also several books that the Roman Catholic Church excluded a known total of 13 books. 

Links:

Lilith In The Bible
Banned From the Bible