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The harlot by the side of the road

forbidden tales of the Bible

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An edition of The harlot by the side of the road (1998)

The harlot by the side of the road

forbidden tales of the Bible

1st trade pbk. ed.

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Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
395

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Subjects
Criticism, interpretation, Bible, Sex in the Bible, Violence in the Bible, Oude Testament, Geweld, Seks, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t., Sex in the bible, Violence, religious aspects

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

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?

Edition Notes

Includes a reader's guide with questions and discussion topics (p. 381-394).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-367) and index.

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New York
Copyright Date
1997

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
221.6/09
Library of Congress
BS1199.S45 K57, BS1199.S45 K57 1997, BS1199.S45 K57 1998

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Pagination
x, 395 p. :
Number of pages
395

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24963136M
ISBN 10
0345418824
ISBN 13
9780345418821
LCCN
97000224, 97097070
OCLC/WorldCat
38822315

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