Herodias was the divorced wife of Antipas’ half brother Philip. Dress worn by Rita Hayworth in the movie . Bible Bad Women. Dress worn by Rita Hayworth in the movie . Bad Bible Women. The political situation in 1st century Palestine was delicate, and Antipas and Herodias simply could not afford to have a trouble- maker roaming around the country criticizing the royal family. ![]() They knew they had to act – but they could not do so openly. The best they could do was to clap John into prison and leave him there, which they did. Unfortunately this did not solve the problem and the royal family, particularly Herodias who faced being divorced if John kept on ranting, looked for another solution. It is hard to know how much of what happened was pre- arranged, but at Antipas’ birthday dinner the young Salome danced, and pleased her step- father mightily. In his cups, or seeming to be, Antipas promised her anything that she asked for. She went to her mother for advice: what should she demand? Herodias seized the opportunity and told her to ask for John’s head. Salome went back to the banquet hall and made her request. Antipas immediately granted it. John was beheaded (and therefore silenced permanently), and the young princess calmly went on with her life – she married well, twice, and lived a long life. Herod is often shown as lusting after the pre- pubescent Salome, who desired John the Baptist. This may or may not be so. What is known is that the family was politically astute – Jesus called Antipas . It is more likely that the girl simply acted to protect her mother against the criticism of a man who was, to Salome, a crazed fanatic. Bible reference Mark 6: 1. Matthew 1. 4: 1- 1. Watch the Hollywood version: Rita Hayworth in the Dance of the Seven Veils. ![]() Salome Jens, Actress: Green Lantern. Salome Jens was born on May 8, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for Green Lantern (2011), Cats & Dogs (2001) and Seconds (1966). Jezebel ~ eaten by dogs. Queen- priestesses in the ancient world wore ritual make- up and wig, as in this scene from the movie . She married Ahab, the warrior king of Israel. Though she was queen of Israel, she stayed loyal to the gods of agriculture and weather – Baal, god of storms and water, and his divine wife Asherah, who was a fierce champion of the family. ![]() ![]() Jezebel’s father in Sidon was an absolute monarch, and she assumed that a king’s word was law. This was not the Israelite way of doing things. In one incident, her husband Ahab needed a plot of land but the owner, Naboth, would not sell. Jezebel decided to act. She arranged the judicial murder of Naboth, and so got the land for her husband. She thought she was within her rights; many people disagreed. When her husband Ahab died, Jezebel’s son Ahaziah succeeded to the throne. Two years later he died in an . Her second son Joram became king, but after some years he was murdered in a palace coup led by a sinister man called Jehu. In the ensuing violence Jezebel was killed as well, flung by her own eunuchs from a high balcony. She died as a queen should die, magnificent and defiant, hurling insults at her murderers. Jezebel’s body was eaten by hunting dogs, let loose during the sacking of the palace. Bad Bible Women. The usurper, Jehu, ran his iron- wheeled chariot back and forth over her dying body, then went into the palace for a celebratory dinner. Afterwards, he remembered that her body was still lying in the courtyard of the palace, and ordered that it be buried. But the dogs had got to her first, and all that remained of this royal woman was her head and her hands. Bible references: conflict between worshippers of Yahweh and Baal 1 Kings 1. Naboth. Bad Bible Women. At a key moment in the story of creation, God made a creature . This creature had a nature that was essentially creative. It could imagine, invent, and change the world, as God did in the Genesis story. I don’t know what Jessica Simpson is up to for work these days, but here’s the OG busty blonde hottie showing she’s still got it. And by “it,” I mean the ability to give me a raging pants fire via the. SUNSET BOULEVARD Charles Brackett Billy Wilder D.M. March 21,1949 SEQUENCE 'A' A-l-4 START the picture with the actual street sign: SUNSET BOULEVARD, stencilled on a. Salome was the daughter of Herodias and Herod Antipas: what a pair! Read some facts about the people who killed John the Baptist. Avevano nelle orecchie Richard Strauss, i compositori di colonne sonore. Oggi Rolf Martinsson inventa partiture. It was an expression of the creative energy of God. But the creature was alone, so God created a mate for it. He took a bone from the creature’s rib cage and fashioned Woman – Eve. Man would only be complete if there was a woman beside him. Eve was even more creative (and therefore God- like?) than her mate Adam. When one of the reptiles in the Garden of Eden spoke to her, suggesting she try something new, she was intrigued. She had been given the power of making decisions. If she did as the reptile suggested and ate the Apple (or rather, the Pomegranate – there were no apples in the ancient Middle East) she might gain new understanding and wisdom. Adam and Eve, painting by Tamara de Lempicka. Bad Bible Woman. Eve was an innocent. She had no previous experience of deceit, so she believed what she was told. She made her choice, deciding to seek knowledge of good and evil rather than be obedient to God’s command. It was a dangerous choice – the quest for knowledge should always be balanced by wisdom. Eve learnt this lesson the hard way. She took the apple to Adam, so that he might taste it too. He ate it without thinking or arguing. Like Eve, he misused his ability to make decisions and did not consider the consequences. Green snake on a tree branch. Instantly, the original harmony between humanity and nature was disrupted. The Garden of Eden was lost – as it continues to be lost, every day, in our world. Of the two, Eve was the mover and shaker, introducing change in an otherwise stable world. Bible reference Genesis 2: 1. Herodias ~. Before she was born, her grandfather Herod the Great killed her grandmother, the lovely, tragic Mariamne, in a fit of jealous rage. Then he killed her father, his own son. Her mother fled to Rome with Herodias and her younger brother Agrippa, and stayed there until it was safe to return. Little Herodias grew up as a royal aristocrat in Rome, pampered and spoiled. Herodias, painting by Delaroche. Bad Bible Women. Her first husband, and the father of her daughter Salome, was her uncle Philip, also a son of Herod the Great. She divorced him and then married Philip’s half brother Herod Antipas (who was also her uncle). Marriage to an uncle was normal practice among royal families in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Soon after she and Antipas were married, John the Baptist began to criticize her for marrying her former husband’s brother. In response, Antipas put him in prison. Whose idea was this? Mark in his gospel says it was Herodias who wanted to see John killed. Matthew blamed Herod and said that from the start he plotted to be rid of John. In all probability, it was a bit of both. Royal or not, Herodias’ family was noted for its rat cunning, and John’s harangues were de- stabilizing a politically sensitive country. If a revolt broke out, Antipas and Herodias would be the losers, and they were well aware of the fact. So arrangements were made: Salome danced, Herod promised, Herodias advised, and John was beheaded. His death acted as a warning to other would- be agitators. Bust of the emperor Caligula made at about the time of his meeting with Herod Antipas and Herodias. Bad Bible Women. As far as the gospels are concerned, that was the end of Herodias’ story. But in fact there was quite a bit more. Some years later her younger brother Agrippa was made a king by the Roman Emperor Caligula – Agrippa was a vicious young ne’er- do- well, but a close friend of Caligula’s. Herodias was incensed at the injustice of it all. Why should her own husband Antipas, who had served Rome loyally for many years, not receive the same honour? She talked Antipas into going to Rome to ask for this favour, but when they met Caligula face- to- face the young Emperor casually stripped them of all their possessions, everything they owned, and gave it instead to Agrippa. He also sentenced them to life- long exile. On being reminded that Herodias was Agrippa’s sister, he made her an offer: disown her husband and she would be allowed to retain her own wealth. It was here that Herodias showed her true mettle. She proudly rejected Caligula’s offer and went instead into exile with her husband. It must be said, however, that exile in this case meant living in a Roman city in the south of France, perhaps not such a terrible sacrifice after all. Bible reference Mark 6: 1. Matthew 1. 4: 1- 1. Luke 3: 1. 9- 2. 0Potiphar’s Wife: naked man in love triangle. Joseph, the son of Rachel and Jacob, was sold into slavery and taken to Egypt. Once there, he made the best of things and eventually became an outstanding success – Chief Steward for a rich Egyptian, Potiphar. Statue of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Statue of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Potiphar had a beautiful wife, a woman used to getting her way. She was lonely, bored and constantly in the company of an unusually handsome man, a Brad Pitt of the ancient world. Neglected by her husband who may have been a eunuch, she fell in love with Joseph – to the point where she became obsessive about him. She saw him daily, and soon the temptation became too much. She made some kind of sexual approach to Joseph – . He had to either offend the wife or betray her husband. He decided on the former. But one day when they were alone in the house she grabbed hold of him, pulling him down onto her bed. In the physical tussle that followed she pulled off his linen loin- cloth. He was naked, and ran out of the room and then out of the house, leaving his clothing behind. Potiphar’s wife was enraged. She called to the members of the household, telling them Joseph had tried to rape her. She showed them Joseph’s clothing to prove it. Only her screams had prevented him abusing her, she said. Reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian bed. She waited until her husband came home and told him the same story. He was enraged – at Joseph? The incident was now common knowledge. As a cuckold he would become a laughing stock. He charged Joseph with the attempted rape of his wife, and put him in prison. Of the wife, we hear no more. Bible reference Genesis 3. Maacah – give me that old- time religion. Maacah was a royal princess, but one born under a cloud. Her father was said to be Absalom, who rebelled against his own father King David and was murdered.
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