JEZEBEL(ISBN=) 英文原版

There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, the
ancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the most
gruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexual
decadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story,
handed down to us through the ages, is merely the one her enemies
wanted us to believe? What if Jezebel, far from being a conniving
harlot, was, in fact, framed?
In this remarkable new biography, Lesley Hazleton shows exactly how
the proud and courageous queen of Israel was vilified and made into
the very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political and
religious enemies. Jezebel brings readers back to the source
of the biblical story, a rich and dramatic saga featuring evil
schemes and underhanded plots, war and treason, false gods and
falser humans, and all with the fate of entire nations at stake. At
its center are just one woman and one man—the sophisticated Queen
Jezebel and the stark prophet Elijah. Their epic and ultimately
tragic confrontation pits tolerance against righteousness,
pragmatism against divine dictates, and liberalism against
conservatism. It is, in other words, the original story of the
unholy marriage of sex, politics, and religion, and it ends in one
of the most chillingly brutal scenes in the entire Bible.
Here at last is the real story of the rise and fall of this
legendary woman—a radically different portrait with startling
contemporary resonance in a world mired once again in religious
wars.