What'sHerName

THE LAST QUEEN OF JUDEA Shelamzion


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It’s often assumed that women are scarce in the Hebrew Bible because they simply weren’t allowed to be major players back then. But the life of Shelamzion (aka Salome Alexandra) proves that wrong. She ruled ancient Judea in a period of extreme ideological polarization (um, hello). She stood up to her brutal husband to protect her people; then she stood up to her people to protect her enemies. Her reign was a Golden Age in Judea, so how come nobody’s ever heard of her?

Our guest is Lauren Jacobs, a multi – award winning author, whose historical fiction books, focus on the forgotten, marginalised women of the Ancient Near East. When she’s not writing books, she is speaking across stages and nations, on social injustices facing women globally. She hosts her own journalism show on national radio in South Africa.

Music for this episode used by kind permission of Yamma Ensemble and Michael Levy.

Our portrait of Shelamzion by Know Your Mothers - no other use permitted without written permission from the artist.

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