The Harlot S Tale
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The Harlot By The Side Of The Road
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Author : Jonathan Kirsch
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-11-30
The Harlot By The Side Of The Road written by Jonathan Kirsch and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with Religion categories.
The Harlot by the Side of the Road is the first book to shed light on strange biblical passages which have largely been ignored by ministers, priests and rabbies because they semed too awkward to examine. Johnathan Kirsch retells these `forbidden' stories in con-temporary English, alongside thr original text, and demonstrates that the people in biblical times were as vulnerable, confused and prone to weakness of the flesh and failure of the spirit as any character in Homer, Shakespere or Dostoevsky, and wrestled with the same problems of the heart and mind hat still confront us today. He also explains how each story found its way into the Bible, why it was originally suppressed-and examines the rituals, customs and politics that bring these extraordinary tales alive for the contempoary reader.
A Harlot S Tale
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Author : Nishoni L. Harvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07
A Harlot S Tale written by Nishoni L. Harvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07 with Fiction categories.
The tale of Rahab, the harlot, told in a biblical fictional manner. This is a true love story of how God can change hearts and destinies. Rahab was able to turn abuse into God's use.
The Harlot S Tale
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Author : Sam Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2014-01-07
The Harlot S Tale written by Sam Thomas and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-07 with Fiction categories.
Sam Thomas's The Harlot's Tale takes readers back to Civil War England in this riveting sequel to The Midwife's Tale, hailed as an "ingenious, fast-paced mystery" by Kirkus Reviews It is August, 1645, one year since York fell into Puritan hands. As the city suffers through a brutal summer heat, Bridget Hodgson and Martha Hawkins are drawn into a murder investigation more frightening than their last. In order to appease God's wrath—and end the heat-wave—the city's overlords have launched a brutal campaign to whip the city's sinners into godliness. But for someone in York, this is not enough. First a prostitute and her client are found stabbed to death, then a pair of adulterers are beaten and strangled. York's sinners have been targeted for execution. Bridget and Martha—assisted once again by Will, Bridget's good-hearted nephew—race to find the killer even as he adds more bodies to his tally. The list of suspects is long: Hezekiah Ward, a fire and brimstone preacher new to York; Ward's son, Praise-God, whose intensity mirrors his father's; John Stubb, one of Ward's fanatic followers, whose taste for blood may not have been sated by his time in Parliament's armies. Or could the killer be closer to home? Will's brother Joseph is no stranger to death, and he shares the Wards' dreams of driving sin from the city. To find the killer, Bridget, Martha, and Will must uncover the city's most secret sins, and hope against hope that the killer does not turn his attention in their direction.
The Midwife S Tale
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Author : Sam Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2013-01-08
The Midwife S Tale written by Sam Thomas and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-08 with Fiction categories.
In the tradition of Arianna Franklin and C. J. Sansom comes Samuel Thomas's remarkable debut, The Midwife's Tale It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels' hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget's friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to be burnt alive. Convinced that her friend is innocent, Bridget sets out to find the real killer. Bridget joins forces with Martha Hawkins, a servant who's far more skilled with a knife than any respectable woman ought to be. To save Esther from the stake, they must dodge rebel artillery, confront a murderous figure from Martha's past, and capture a brutal killer who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. The investigation takes Bridget and Martha from the homes of the city's most powerful families to the alleyways of its poorest neighborhoods. As they delve into the life of Esther's murdered husband, they discover that his ostentatious Puritanism hid a deeply sinister secret life, and that far too often tyranny and treason go hand in hand.
The Harlot By The Side Of The Road
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Author : Jonathan Kirsch
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1997-04-16
The Harlot By The Side Of The Road written by Jonathan Kirsch and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-16 with categories.
Sex. Violence. Scandal. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape, voyeurism and exhibitionism, intermarriage and illegitimacy, assassination and murder have been suppressed by religious authorities throughout history precisely because they are so shocking. "You mean that's in the Bible?" is the common reaction of the contemporary reader to the stories that Kirsch retells and explores. In The Harlot by the Side of the Road, Kirsch recounts these suppressed and mistranslated tales in the grand storytelling tradition. Here is the tale of Dinah, the young Israelite daughter raped by a princely suitor. The price for her hand in marriage? The circumcision of every man in his kingdom. Here, too, is the story of Lot's daughters, who, when faced with the possibility that they are the last survivors on earth, must copulate with their drunken father to continue their race. And the story of Tamar, the harlot by the side of the road, who must disguise herself as a prostitute and seduce her father-in-law in order to bear the child who has been promised her. Kirsch places each story within the political and social context of its time, and delves into the latest biblical scholarship to explain why each story was originally censored. He also brings to light when and where each story was first written down, and how it found its way into the Bible. And he shows how these stories have something important to say to contemporary readers who might never pick up a Bible. Kirsch reveals that the Bible's real power lies in its unflinching lessons in human nature. And he illuminates the surprising modernity of the Bible's characters: these were, like us, people delicately balanced between their destructive and generous natures. Certain to excite controversy and ignite intellectual debate, The Harlot by the Side of the Road will undoubtedly be one of the year's most talked-about books.
A Harlot S Progress
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Author : David Dabydeen
language : en
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Release Date : 1999
A Harlot S Progress written by David Dabydeen and has been published by Random House (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Fiction categories.
Een oudere zwarte slaaf vertelt in de 18e eeuw zijn levensgeschiedenis aan een van de Engelse voorstanders van afschaffing van de slavernij in ruil voor hun liefdadigheid.
The Harlot Mills Boon Spice
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Author : Saskia Walker
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2013-02-01
The Harlot Mills Boon Spice written by Saskia Walker and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with Fiction categories.
The dark art of desire...
Jezebel
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Author : Lesley Hazleton
language : en
Publisher: Image
Release Date : 2007-10-16
Jezebel written by Lesley Hazleton and has been published by Image this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
The Harlot S Progress
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
The Harlot S Progress written by Honoré de Balzac and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with English fiction categories.
The Harlot S Progress Vol 2
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Author : Honoré de Balzac
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-27
The Harlot S Progress Vol 2 written by Honoré de Balzac and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-27 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from The Harlot's Progress, Vol. 2: And Other Stories As has been noted in the Introduction to the first volume of the Splendeurs et Miseres des Courtisanes, La der niere Incarnation de Vautrin, though forming, according to the author's conception, an integral part of that work, stands in more ways than one aloof from it. It was much later written than the earlier parts, except Ou menent les mauvais Chemins, and it was later written even than that. More over, it marks in two different ways a much maturer stage of the author's ideas as to heroic convicts - a stage in which, I think, it is not fanciful to detect a considerable reduction of the gigantesque element and a substitution of something else for it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.