Title: Bad Girls of the Bible
Author: Liz Curtis Higgs
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Year: 1999
238 pages
From the Back: "For ten years I studied bunches of biblical role models and finally realized what we had in common: zip. Sarah was so faithful. Esther was so courageous. Mary was so innocent. I was so none-of-the-above.
Then I happened upon Jezebel, and something inside me clicked. I identified with her pushy personality, I understood her need for control, I empathized with her angry outbursts, and I began to wonder. Could those Bad Girls from the past teach us how to be Good girls in the present? I'm here to tell you - yes! Whether they were "bad to the bone", "bad for a moment", or " bad for a season but not forever", these infamous sisters show us how not to handle the challenges of life." ~Liz Curtis Higgs
Personal Thoughts: Bad Girls of the Bible was an interesting way to explore some of the characters we don't often focus on during bible study. Higgs creatively turns a biblical narrative into a fictional story so as to give the readers a different perspective of the story. For example, Delilah becomes a hairdresser named Lila from Dallas. Higgs follows the story up with an almost line by line review and commentary using humour that brings new light to these characters. Each chapter ends with some life-lessons and some follow-up questions for the reader to ponder.
Overall, it was a fun book to read. The fictional stories were fun new ways of reading familiar narratives, and the author is quite humourous in her writing. If you're looking for someone willing to examen some of the seedier characters in the bible, especially the women who often don't get a first look let alone a second one, this is the book for you.
