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3 unusual facts about Jezebel


Jezebel

The popular historian Lesley Hazleton wrote a revisionist account, Jezebel, The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen (2004), that presents Jezebel as a sophisticated queen engaged in mortal combat with the fundamentalist prophet Elijah.

Rusty Romeos

However, Joe realizes that the gold digger is about to make a quick exit, and fires the tack-filled rifle at her buttocks, calling her a "jezebel".

Treatment of slaves in the United States

By the 19th century, popular Southern literature characterized female slaves as lustful and promiscuous "Jezebels" who shamelessly tempted white owners into sexual relations.


History of yellow fever

The epidemic was dramatized and featured in the plot of the 1938 film Jezebel starring Bette Davis.

Isabel's a Jezebel

Isabel's a Jezebel is a British musical with music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by William Dumaresq, based loosely on one of the Grimm's Fairy Tales, centers around Isabel and her deep-sea lover, who spend their time copulating and arguing about bringing children into a world committed to death.

Royal College of Science Union

The RCSU also keeps an 'inviolate mascot' (i.e. it cannot be stolen), which is a Dennis N-Type fire engine known as Jezebel.

The College Hill Independent

Notable alumni include Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David RhodeB'90; author Jessica Grose B'04, a former Jezebel editor and Slate senior editor; and Dayna Tortorici B'11.5, a senior editor at n+1.


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