the image of a woman who never was : Salome : nymph, seducer, destroyer
Erschienen:
2013
Verlag:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Although the root of the Hebrew name ""Salome"" is ""peaceful"", the image spawned by the most famous woman to carry that name has been anything but peaceful. She and her story have long been linked to the beheading of John the Baptist, as described...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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Although the root of the Hebrew name ""Salome"" is ""peaceful"", the image spawned by the most famous woman to carry that name has been anything but peaceful. She and her story have long been linked to the beheading of John the Baptist, as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, since Salome was the supposed catalyst for the prophet's execution. This history of the myth of Salome describes the process by which that myth was created, the roles that art, literature, theology and music played
