The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
66. Jezebel: Does She Deserve Her Bad Reputation?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Kristin Joachimsen [+]
Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
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Kristin Joachimsen is Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, MF- Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. She is the author of Identities in Transition: The Pursuit of Isa. 52:13-53:12 (Brill, 2011). Her current project is on perceptions and receptions of Persia in the Hebrew Bible and in biblical scholarship.
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Using the trope of the dangerous foreign woman, Jezebel’s story is part of a larger discussion of Israel’s relation to its neighbors and the worship of deities other than Yhwh.