[SunkenCiv]

subtitle, "Long-time Ruler of a Prosperous and Peaceful Judea Mentioned in Dead Sea Scrolls".

[SunkenCiv]

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[AnAmericanMother]

Thereby hangs a tale (thereby always hangs a tale):

When I had my first baby, the hospital was full up and overflowing, so I shared a room with an extremely learned lady who was getting her Ph.D. in Old Testament Theology from Emory University. Her dissertation was on the ancient queens of Judah. She told me about it, and I said "I see. Ah, yes. Uh-huh." in the right places. So I had actually heard of Salome before . . .

I thought she was going to expire when my obstetrician, who was a little feisty red-headed Irishman, came boiling down the hall (you could hear him coming two halls away), rushed in, high-fived me, passed a few kidding remarks to me about my labor and delivery, listened to my heart, thumped my chest, and rushed on his way. Her eyes were hanging out on her cheekbones. "Who WAS that?" "My OB. Isn't he GREAT?!?"

[Caramelgal]

Interesting. So perhaps Salome had a bit more depth to her than the biblical description of her as just being an ancient sleazy “pole” dancer?

[Cincinna]

Thanks again, SunkenCiv, for one of your fascinating posts.

Salome has come down through the ages as Jezebel, the ultimate bad girl. Interesting to find out it was not an uncommon name, and one held by a great female leader of Judea.

[colorado tanker]

Still, her story isn’t gonna get me to go to the opera - unless she did the dance of the seven veils, too.

[Jaded]

It was during the Hasmonean period that the Pharisees and Sadducees—both familiar to readers of the New Testament for their encounters with Jesus—became prominent religious parties. Both struggled for the hearts and minds of ordinary Judeans. Unfortunately, we do not have any document that we can definitively say was written by a Pharisee or a Sadducee of Salome Alexandra’s day. Scholars must rely upon later, often-inaccurate, sources to learn about them. According to the New Testament: “The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, or angels, or spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge all three” (Acts 23:8). Although Jesus called the ­Pharisees “hypocrites” (Matthew 12:13) and “a brood of vipers” (Matthew 23:23), these references are unfair. Because Jesus and the early Christians believed in resurrection, they viewed the Pharisees as their greatest rivals; for this reason, the New Testament accounts cannot always be trusted to present a fair and balanced portrayal of the Pharisees.

This is just too funny. Who'd thought BAR would have gone that far around the bend?