The Harlot by the Side of the Road

Forbidden Tales of the Bible

De: Jonathan Kirsch

Narrado por: Candace Barrett, Raye Birk

A multitude of Biblical stories have been censored, mistranslated, ignored, and even banned by religious authorities due to their erotic, violent, or mysterious content. In this recording, Jonathan Kirsch recounts some of the most startling and explicit writings from the Old Testament, those that dealt with seduction and revenge, incest and murder, interracial marriage, women's rights, and other explosive subjects. What emerges is a text whose real power lies in its unflinching view of the contradictions of human nature.Recording (P)1997 by Audio Literature; Copyright ©1997 by Jonathan Kirsch

Interesting, but not entirely accurate

The author takes some liberties in telling the stories adding details that are more speculations than truth. There are also some inaccuracies in details as well. Interesting, but not entirely accurate.

Good to know!

Great readings of the stories, would like a little more analysis or something like that.

Excellent! But…

Excellent! My only problem (if you can call it that) is that the book was just much too short!!!

Fascinating stories

Kirsch elaborates and dramatizes four stories that involve sexual intrigue and violence bringing these to life. Each story is followed by a brief commentary shedding some insight as to their meaning.

The stories are: Lot and his daughters, Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar, the gang rape of a Levite's concubine, and the rape of David's daughter Tamar by her half brother.

It's a very enjoyable audiobook; I only wished it had not been abridged.

Interesting back story to the Bible

This book gives you an idea of what sitting around a fire at night a thousand or two thousand years ago would have been like. Everyone knows the outlines of the biblical tales but the best story teller would embellish the tale just like this to entertain people he spent every day with and whose lives were pretty dull. It makes the lesson of the tale really instructive.