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The harlot by the side of the road: forbidden tales of the Bible
1998, Ballantine Books
in English
- 1st trade pbk. ed.
0345418824 9780345418821
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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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