This book uses three examples of violent biblical stories about women, explored through the lens of conceptual metaphor theory in relation to culinary language

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For too long the women of the Bible have been depicted in one-dimensional terms. On one side are saints, such as Mary, while on the other are "bad girls," such

This accessible, readable book looks at the cultural study of the Bible, challenging the traditional mode of reading the women in the Bible. Alice Bach applies

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