《Jezebel : The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen》是2009年3月Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Lesley Hazleton。
基本介紹
- 中文名：Jezebel : The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen
- 作者：Lesley Hazleton
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9780385516150
內容簡介
There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, theancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the mostgruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexualdecadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story,handed down to us through the ages, is merely the one her enemieswanted us to believe? What if Jezebel, far from being a connivingharlot, was, in fact, framed?
In this remarkable new biography, Lesley Hazleton shows exactly howthe proud and courageous queen of Israel was vilified and made intothe very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political andreligious enemies. Jezebel brings readers back to the sourceof the biblical story, a rich and dramatic saga featuring evilschemes and underhanded plots, war and treason, false gods andfalser humans, and all with the fate of entire nations at stake. Atits center are just one woman and one man—the sophisticated QueenJezebel and the stark prophet Elijah. Their epic and ultimatelytragic confrontation pits tolerance against righteousness,pragmatism against divine dictates, and liberalism againstconservatism. It is, in other words, the original story of theunholy marriage of sex, politics, and religion, and it ends in oneof the most chillingly brutal scenes in the entire Bible.
