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HelpRe: Some interesting spottings, eta
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Well, some people think Judas Iscariot cared about his people. He has that famous line about how the money spent on perfume used to anoint Jesus's feet could have been used to feed the poor. I think he's often portrayed as sympathetic in modern pop culture (like in Jesus Christ Superstar)?
I picked on Delilah because the name itself has been synonymous with manipulation or betrayal. Which yes can be sympathized with and the stereotype subverted. 🤷🏻♀️ Lilith I feel has a more supernatural quality so more like Lucifer.
I've equated Judah (which has risen a lot in popularity) and Judas in my head since I was a child, though, because I was told they were basically the same name. So that's part of why I feel like it's just whatever, even though I do know it has a negative connotation.
edit: I'm gonna add that historically hatred of Judas Iscariot is linked with anti-Semitism.
I picked on Delilah because the name itself has been synonymous with manipulation or betrayal. Which yes can be sympathized with and the stereotype subverted. 🤷🏻♀️ Lilith I feel has a more supernatural quality so more like Lucifer.
I've equated Judah (which has risen a lot in popularity) and Judas in my head since I was a child, though, because I was told they were basically the same name. So that's part of why I feel like it's just whatever, even though I do know it has a negative connotation.
edit: I'm gonna add that historically hatred of Judas Iscariot is linked with anti-Semitism.
This message was edited 4/6/2025, 6:48 PM
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Very true with Judas Iscariot.
Jane Yolen has a series of books about women and biblical women, I think Deliah is in there. I know Salome is.
https://www.janeyolen.com/meet-me-at-the-well-the-girls-and-women-of-the-bible/ I Lilith isn't. I used to read Miriam a lot of books on mythology, but I don't think I ever came across a story of Lilith. Probably a good thing, because her story is terrifying.
t's an excellent book. I recommend just about everything Yolen writes, though.
Jane Yolen has a series of books about women and biblical women, I think Deliah is in there. I know Salome is.
https://www.janeyolen.com/meet-me-at-the-well-the-girls-and-women-of-the-bible/ I Lilith isn't. I used to read Miriam a lot of books on mythology, but I don't think I ever came across a story of Lilith. Probably a good thing, because her story is terrifying.
t's an excellent book. I recommend just about everything Yolen writes, though.
This message was edited 4/6/2025, 2:26 PM
I think she was referring to (the assumption of?) Delilah being a Philistine working for Philistines. The story of Judith killing Holofernes is similar, and she gets praise for it in the bible, because she was Judean.
This message was edited 4/6/2025, 5:04 PM
Exactly.
Yeah, that's fair