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    This document provides a summary of the book "The Riddle of Jael" by P. Scott Brown. The book offers the first history of the Biblical heroine Jael, who killed the tyrant Sisera by driving a tent peg through his head. Jael was a morally complex figure depicted in medieval and Renaissance art. The book argues Jael's representations provide insights into religious, intellectual, and social developments in late medieval and early modern society, reflecting influences like exegesis, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, humanism, gender relations, syphilis, and the Renaissance artist. The intended readership includes those interested in religious iconography, Biblical women, gender, sexuality, and humanism in the

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    The Riddle of Jael

    The History of a Poxied Heroine in Medieval and Renaissance Art


    and Culture

    Author: P. Scott Brown

    Winner of the 2019 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly


    Research and Publication

    In The Riddle of Jael, Peter Scott Brown o fers the rst history of the Pages: xiv, 358 pp.; 98 color ills.
    Biblical heroine Jael in medieval and Renaissance art. Jael, who Language: English
    betrayed and killed the tyrant Sisera in the Book of Judges by Subjects: Art History, Art
    hammering a tent peg through his brain as he slept under her care, History, Art History, History,
    was a blessed murderess and an especially fertile moral paradox in Early Modern History, History,
    the art of the early modern period. Medieval History, History,
    Church History, History
    Jael’s representations o fer insights into key religious, intellectual,
    Publisher: Brill
    and social developments in late medieval and early modern
    society. They re ect the in uence on art of exegesis, the Series: 
    Reformation and Counter-Reformation, humanism and moral Brill's Studies in Intellectual
    philosophy, misogyny and the battle of the sexes, the emergence of History, Volume: 278/25
    syphilis, and the Renaissance ideal of the artist. Brill's Studies on Art, Art History,
    and Intellectual History, Volume:
    Readership
    278/25
    Readers interested in Jael, religious iconography, Biblical women,
    E-Book (PDF)
    gender, sexuality, syphilis, and humanism in the early modern
    Publication Date: 27 Feb 2018
    period; 16th-century artists including Albrecht Altdorfer, Lambert
    Lombard, Maarten van Heemskerck, and Hendrick Goltzius. ISBN: 978-90-04-36466-0
    List price
    EUR €139.00 / USD $167.00
    For more information see brill.com
    Hardback
      Publication Date: 06 Mar 2018
    ISBN: 978-90-04-36438-7
    Order information: Order online at brill.com
    The Americas: 1 (860) 350 0041 | brillna@turpin-distribution.com List price
    Outside the Americas: 44 (0) 1767 604-954 | brill@turpin-distribution.com EUR €139.00 / USD $167.00
    Submission information: brill.com/authors

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