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sons of Herod the Great, who had been responsible for the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem. Herod Antipas had seduced his half-brother's wife and married her. Therefore, John the Baptist had rebuked him and called him to repentance...

on their hands, a dead language “content to admire its own paralysis.” It is a language intoxicated with power, seduced by its own narcissism, and emptied of moral accountability. When political speech becomes saturated with this...

side, he ordered the other one to be brought. Daniel said to him, “Offspring of Canaan, not of Judah, beauty has seduced you, lust has subverted your conscience. This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel, and in their fear they...

born through the “second wife.” • Tamar, the daughter‑in‑law of Judah (Jacob’s fourth son), disguised herself and seduced her father‑in‑law, giving birth to Zerah and Perez. Jesus was a descendant of Perez. At that time, Tamar stood...