Music in the Old Bones
Subtitle: Jezebel Through the Ages
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: December 8, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780809322749
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the Old Testament; Literary studies: general; Women's studies; Queen, consort of Ahab, King of Israel; Old Testament Commentary; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Women's Studies - General; Religion; Reference; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Social Science / Women's Studies; In literature; Biblical Studies - General; Jezebel,; Queen, consort of Ahab, King o; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - Old Testament
Description: "Janet Howe Gaines argues that the bride of the Israelite king Ahab became a convenient scapegoat for biblical writers who portrayed her as the primary force behind their nation's apostasy. The biblical account presents the queen as a murderer, as a disruptive force for evil. Despised, the strong-willed Jezebel is still one of the most intriguing women of the Bible."--BOOK JACKET.

"Music in the Old Bones is a guide to the eternal Jezebel story. The first part of this illustrated study is a detailed analysis that explores the biblical tale from traditional and feminist points of view. Gaines then analyzes the ways authors through the centuries have treated Jezebel."--BOOK JACKET.