The riddle of Jael : : the history of a poxied heroine in Medieval and Renaissance art and culture / / by Peter Scott Brown.
In The Riddle of Jael , Peter Scott Brown offers the first history of the Biblical heroine Jael in medieval and Renaissance art. Jael, who betrayed and killed the tyrant Sisera in the Book of Judges by hammering a tent peg through his brain as he slept under her care, was a blessed murderess and an...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 278 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 278. Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 25. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (372 pages). |
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