Jezabel: do culto à Baal à carne sacrificada aos ídolos

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https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.16.003.DS03

Abstract

The figure of Jezebel appears in the first and second books of Kings as a Phoenician queen and promoter of the cult of the god Baal. The alliance between the two royal houses through Jezebel's marriage to Ahab, king of Israel, places her on the scene with the prerogative of queen consort. However, Jezebel will use royal prerogatives to legitimize strengthening the royal throne and promoting the cult of the god Baal. Such an incursion will provoke a direct reaction from the Prophet Elijah, establishing a direct and violent confrontation between the queen and the prophet. At stake is the hegemony of Yhwh and Baal. Who will be the winning god in this fight is one of the questions that the books of Kings present. On the other hand, in the Apocalypse of John, the Resurrected One condemns, through John, the action of a certain prophetess Jezebel of Thyatira, who is inducing the local community to a process of religious syncretism and paganization of Christian principles In the opposite direction to Queen Jezebel and the prophetess Jezebel appear the figures of the Widow of Zarephath (1 Kings) and Lydia (Acts of the Apostles), as models of fidelity. Here we want to highlight the queen Jezebel in confrontation with Yhwh, in the OT, and the prophetess Jezebel and her confrontation with Jesus Christ in the NT and the antagonistic parallelism of two other women, that is, the Widow of Zarephath and Lydia.

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Author Biography

Gilvan Leite de Araújo , Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP

Mestre em Teologia Bíblica (2002) e Doutor (2007) em Teologia Biblica pela Pontífica Universidade São Tomás de Aquino - Angelico de Roma e Pós-Doutorado em Teologia Bíblica pela Gregoriana de Roma (2017). Coordenador do PEPG em Teologia da PUC-SP

Published

2024-12-17

How to Cite

Araújo , G. L. de. (2024). Jezabel: do culto à Baal à carne sacrificada aos ídolos. Pistis Praxis, 16(3), 422–432. https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.16.003.DS03