I am writing my own version of the canterbury tales or my lit class and one of my characters is a deceitful and hypocritcal christian woman. I need a biblical name of a woman who also fits this description.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
2007-11-05 16:01:10 · 11 answers · asked by Jules 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jezebel or Delilah
2007-11-05 16:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I consider the wife of Ananias to be a very deceitful woman. Check out the story in Acts chapter 5 verses 1 thru 10.
2007-11-06 00:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by 55andalive 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Christian implies New Testament. Most of the characters you are seeking were Old Testament.
Then you have wonderful examples such as Jezebel, Delilah and others.
In the New Testament the only female character that stands out as evil Salome, but she was a pagan.
Again none of these are what you are looking for but their name invokes dark feeling and it would be irony because no 'good" Christians would be named after any of these.
2007-11-06 00:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised by some of the answers.
The good ones:
Jael (although she wasn't extraordinarily deceitful, and the story is very short).
Delilah - she definitely deceived Samson so that he would tell his secret.
Ananias' wife - definitely deceitful, but (again) a very brief and petty deceit
The bad ones:
Jezebel - as far as I know, deceit was not on her list of evil attributes. Murderess, Baal-worshipper, killer of prophets, but not deceiver. She was also not an ancestor of Jesus.
Eve - as far as I know, she deceived no one either. Adam knew what he was eating. She *tempted* him, not *deceived* him.
Salome - no deception here!
Herodius - ditto. She used her daughter to get what she wanted, but not by any apparent deceit.
My favorite: Athaliah, who killed her own children in order to gain the throne of Israel. Jezebel doesn't hold a candle to her for sheer animal evil (Jezebel's was largely religion-based)
Other good ones:
Abigail - who (secretly) provided David and his men with their protection fee (he was an extortionist) and claimed (deceitfully) that it was her husband's wish. He literally died when he found out what she had done.
Rachel - who stole her father's gods, and then sat on the trunk (in which they lay) and told her father "I can't get up - I'm on the rag".
Rebekah - who deceived Isaac by causing Jacob to disguise himself as Esau.
Potiphar's wife - who, when Joseph refused her (was he just being upright, or was she just *really* ugly?), and she literally tore the clothes off of him, she basically yelled "rape, rape" and had him imprisoned.
Moses' mom - who hid Moses in the river, and then (once found by Pharaoh's daughter) got her daughter to offer her (the mother's) services as wet nurse! Now, *that* was slick!
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-11-06 00:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh, that chick who asked for the head of John the Baptist.
Salome (Her mom was actually the deceitful one. I think her name was Herodius or something, but that sounds ponderous)
2007-11-06 00:06:15 · answer #5 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's her name from the Book of Judges...um...er...Jael. She nailed Sisera's head to the floor while he slept. And of course, from the same book, there's the infamous Delilah. She got Samson to reveal his weakness.
2007-11-06 00:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All of them haha Eve, Sampson's wife Delilah who tricked him.
2007-11-06 00:05:50 · answer #7 · answered by Pathofreason.com 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that happened anywhere in The Bible, maybe you would know if you uhh... READ it hahaha
2007-11-06 00:07:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jezzebel..well she was no christian though although she was Jesus' great great great grandma on his mothers side
2007-11-06 00:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jezzabell look her up.
Delila is a real good one to.
2007-11-06 00:05:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋