Jael

Talking back to Scripture: New book confronts sexual exploitation in the Bible

By Kathryn Post — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — In 'The Hero and the Whore,' Camille Hernandez throws out tired, cliché and white-centric takes on Scripture.

First known depictions of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah uncovered in Israel

By Kathryn Post — July 13, 2022
(RNS) — A rendering of one figure driving a peg through the head of another initially led the team to identify the figures.

Museums’ mislabeling can leave visitors with misconceptions of biblical proportions

By Menachem Wecker — December 6, 2018
(RNS) — Mistaken identification of religious imagery is more common in museums than many might think, misleading a public already less biblically literate than ever.

How the Mormon Sunday School curriculum devalues the prophet Deborah

By Jana Riess — May 11, 2018
By dismissing Deborah as a mere sidekick to Barak, the Mormon Gospel Doctrine manual refuses to see her in the way the Bible describes: as a prophet and a judge.
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