The Thin Red Line

This one caught my eye while shelving in the 200’s.  Subtitled "Biblical Women’s Deadly Banquets", Nicole Wilkinson Duran’s Having Men for Dinner looks at the symbolism of food and drink in the Bible and relates them to issues of seduction and murder.  I had expected it would be an accessible re-telling of the stories of Jael, Judith, Esther  and Herodias with a humorous contemporary feminist perspective.    Sadly, I was very much mistaken.   This slim trade paperback is a Very academic and dry discussion of these famous Bible stories and is not suited for the casual reader.   Unless you are interested in graduate-level critical Bible study, this one is Not Recommended.

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