Janeadams's review
Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen by Lesley Hazleton (Goodreads author!)
Janeadams's review
Janeadams's review
recommended for: everyone
Here's what I learned from JEZEBEL, Leslie Hazelton's fascinating new book!
1. My favorite Passover prophet was a fire-breathing fundamentalist - I'm not inviting him to my next Seder.
2. The authors of the Book of Kings had a political agenda in portraying Jezebel as an evil harlot bent on destroying monotheism and the ruination of Israel.
3. Far from being a Harlot, Jezebel was a vulnerable, virginal teenager forced into an arranged marriage to a foreign king.
4. Hazelton breathes life into a misunderstood and badly maligned woman of the ninth century BC, just as she did in her previous book about Mary, mother of God.
recommended for: everyone
Here's what I learned from JEZEBEL, Leslie Hazelton's fascinating new book!
1. My favorite Passover prophet was a fire-breathing fundamentalist - I'm not inviting him to my next Seder.
2. The authors of the Book of Kings had a political agenda in portraying Jezebel as an evil harlot bent on destroying monotheism and the ruination of Israel.
3. Far from being a Harlot, Jezebel was a vulnerable, virginal teenager forced into an arranged marriage to a foreign king.
4. Hazelton breathes life into a misunderstood and badly maligned woman of the ninth century BC, just as she did in her previous book about Mary, mother of God.
