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By the 1950s and 1960s, the figures of Jezebel in 1 and 2 Kings and the Jezebel of Revelation began to be conflated and became "a trope for women". [56] In Christian lore, a comparison to Jezebel suggested that a person was a pagan or an apostate masquerading as a servant of God.
The woman's "male child" is a reference to Jesus (Revelation 12:5), since he is destined to "rule all nations with a rod of iron" (Revelation 12:5). The dragon trying to devour the woman's child at the moment of his birth (Revelation 12:4) is a reference to Herod the Great's attempt to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16). Through his death and ...
Sins of Jezebel is a 1953 American historical drama film produced by Sigmund Neufeld and directed by Reginald Le Borg. It stars Paulette Goddard as Jezebel , the biblical queen of the northern kingdom of Israel during the 9th century BC.
After an agreement between two kingdoms, a disguised Jezabel marries Prince Acabe and becomes the most dangerous queen of Israel. Taking advantage of the weak and submissive profile of her husband, she starts to rule the kingdom with violence and manipulates everyone around her, calling herself a great priestess and divine spokesman, in addition to resorting to violence and public sacrifices ...
"Jezebel" is a song by American country music artist Chely Wright. The song was written by Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus , who was once part of her tour band, and Marcus Hummon , with the song being produced by Wright and Paul Worley .
Seed of the woman or offspring of the woman (Biblical Hebrew: זַרְעָ֑הּ, romanized: zar‘āh, lit. 'her seed') is a phrase from the Book of Genesis: as a result of the serpent's temptation of Eve, which resulted in the fall of man, God announces (in Genesis 3:15) that he will put an enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman.
Revelation 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse to John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1] [2] but the identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [3]
Etching by Pietro del Po, The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure, c. 1650.. The woman described in the miracle, the Syrophoenician woman (Mark 7:26; [8] Συροφοινίκισσα, Syrophoinikissa) is also called a "Canaanite" (Matthew 15:22; [9] Χαναναία, Chananaia) and is an unidentified New Testament woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon.