The harlot by the side of the road : forbidden tales of the Bible

Jonathan Kirsch
New York : Ballantine Books, 1998, c1997
x, 395 p. ; 21 cm
Book
LocationCall NumberStatus
G/F CollectionBS 1199 .S45 .K57Available

  • 1. Forbidden tales of the Bible
  • 2. Lot and his daughters
  • 3. Life against death: the sacred incest of Lot's daughters
  • 4. The rape of Dinah
  • 5. "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate": the strange affair of Dinah and Schechem
  • 6. Tamar and Judah
  • 7. The woman who willed herself into history: Tamar as the harlot by the side of the road
  • 8. Zipporah and Moses
  • 9. The bridegroom of blood: Zipporah as the goddess-rescuer of Moses
  • 10. Jephthah and his daughter
  • 11. A goddess of Israel: the forbidden cult of Jephtha's daughter
  • 12. The traveler and his concubine
  • 13. God and gyno-sadism: heroines and martyrs in the book of Judges
  • 14. Tamar and Amnon
  • 15. The rape of Tamar: the politics of love and hate in the court of King David --16. God's novel has suspense
  • Appendix: Who really wrote the Bible?
  • maps
  • Includes a reader's guide with questions and discussion topics (p. 381-394)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-367) and index
  • Ballantine Books
  • 0345418824 (pbk)
  • 9780345418821 (pbk)
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AIJr