Hazleton addresses the image of Jezebel as harlot, fornicator, and shameless hussy, and correctly understands that the infidelity Elijah accuses Jezebel of committing is not a physical or sexual betrayal, but, rather, infidelity to the God of Israel through worship of her native gods. Hazleton - journalist, political writer, and author of several books about the Middle East today - brings her investigative skills to the task of breathing life into the locations and events depicted in Kings 1 and 2, the biblical books that tell of the rise and fall of the northern Israelite kingdom. The mission of Lesley Hazleton, in Jezebel, the Untold Story of the Bible’s Harlot Queen (Doubleday, $24.95), is the rehabilitation of the reputation of Jezebel, Phoenician princess, wife of Ahab, King of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century B.C.E.
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