Jezebel : the untold story of the Bible's harlot queen / Lesley Hazleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazleton, Lesley, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jezebel, Queen, consort of Ahab, King of Israel.

Jezebel.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 258 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2007]

Summary:

For nearly three thousand years, Jezebel has been invoked as the ultimate femme fatale, the embodiment of wanton wickedness. But journalist Hazleton's retelling of her story creates a radically different portrait. The moment the Phoenician princess Jezebel arrives in Israel for her wedding to King Ahab, the alliance is denounced by the prophet Elijah. The new queen and the feared prophet go head to head in a dramatic and bloody conflict pitting polytheism against monotheism, tolerance against righteousness, pragmatism against ideology. Hazleton reveals the real story of the downfall of a powerful woman, and how its consequences reverberate to the present day.--From publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780385516143

0385516142

OCLC:

82772641