This book is full of the scholarly breaking down of things in order to give the most complete elucidation of the author's premise. I loved the scholarly rendering of the tetragammaton, YHWH, and of Eve's name, HW. Agrippa tells us that the two names share the same root for "to live" and "to be," which are the same in Hebrew. Adam, (ADM) meaning earth, shares none of the letters of the name of God. This sets the stage for Agrippa's intention to increase the understanding of the worth of women.Agrippa does this primarily through his interpretation of the scriptures to the advantage of woman. His work is extremely academic and uber-scholarly. He was a doctor and so was far less reticent in talking of women's bodies, which was refreshing, but he did fall into euphemism from time to time, falling short of saying what he meant. Still, he wrote in a much more forthright style than most males of his era.The book includes a very good short biography of Agrippa, and a further extensive, exhaustive history of his work, the similar works of others, and a history of works in honor of, and affirming to, women by other men. It also presents a history of the feuds that erupted between literary colleagues.The declamation itself is not a long work, but was made arduous by the very full and copious footnotes. Everything is qualified, quantified, and explained at length. While breaking up the narrative which requires much rereading, it does make things clear and brings a great deal more information to the reader, indicating other avenues of inquiry and study. I felt it was worth the time.