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

Forbidden tales of the bible

Lot and his daughters

Life against death: the sacred incest of Lot's daughters

The rape of Dinah

"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate": the strange affair of Dinah and Shechem

Tamar and Judah

The woman who willed herself into history: Tamar as the harlot by the side of the road

Zipporah and Moses

The bridegroom of blood: Zipporah as the goddess-rescuer of Moses

Jephthah and his daughter

A goddess of Israel: the forbidden cult of Jephthah's daughter

The traveler and his concubine

God and gyno-sadism: heroines and martyrs in the Book of Judges

Tamar and Amnon

The rape of Tamar: the politics of love and hate in the court of King David

God's novel has suspense.