{"product_id":"jezebel-the-untold-story-of-the-bibles-harlot-queen-9780385516150","title":"Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen","description":"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?\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eJezebel \u003c\/i\u003ebrings 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.\u003cbr\u003eHere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLESLEY HAZLETON is the author of three acclaimed books about the Middle East--\u003ci\u003eIsraeli Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhere Mountains Roar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJerusalem, Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eMary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. A former psychologist, she reported from Israel for \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and has written on Middle Eastern politics for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460168651026,"sku":"9780385516150","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7d0d6d7-fd28-4b2b-8460-52e84a7bd8c1.jpg?v=1730032093","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jezebel-the-untold-story-of-the-bibles-harlot-queen-9780385516150","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}