Blood on their hands: How heroines in biblical and Apocryphal literature differ from those in ancient literature regarding violence
Deborah and Jael, Esther, and Judith are four biblical and Apocryphal heroines with blood on their hands. Their stories figure in the following passages: Judges 4–5, when Jael killed the Canaanite commander Sisera; Esther 8, when Esther pleaded with Xerxes to allow her people to defend themselves; a...
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2014-12-01
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| Series: | In die Skriflig |
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| Online Access: | https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1771 |