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- Tobit, written 225-175 BCE. This book tells the story of two Israelite people, a blind man named Tobit living in Nineveh and a woman named Sarah, living in a city called Ecbatana.
- Judith, written about 100 BCE. Judith, a Jewish widow, attracts and seduces an Assyrian general besieging her city. Having ingratiated herself with him, she waits until he is drunk and then decapitates him, saving the capital Jerusalem from total destruction.
- Esther, written around 115 BCE. Although the Hebrew version of Esther is canonical, the Greek translation adds six sections to it. Esther is the story of an Israelite woman who saves her people from an anti-Israelite Persian plot.
- Wisdom of Solomon, written around 50 BCE. This book centers on the importance of Wisdom as related to humans and to God. It may have influenced the famous prologue of the Gospel of John, with wisdom replaced by the “Word.”
23 And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara, because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?
Exodus 15:22-16:35. New Living Translation. Bitter Water at Marah. 22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water. 23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink.
Apr 27, 2017 · For nearly two millennia, the Church has celebrated the witness of married couples who were made holy by their vocation. Some were married for decades, but Sts Timothy and Maura show us the power ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. The word marah means “bitter.” The first mention of Marah (Mara) in the Bible is in Exodus 15. The Israelites had just escaped Egypt, with Pharaoh’s army in hot pursuit. The Red Sea threatened before them and angry slave drivers behind them.
Sep 27, 2019 · In real life: After appearing in five Almodóvar films, Carmen Maura famously had a falling out with the director after starring in Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. They reunited for Volver, 18 years later, but there was more bad blood when Maura publicly criticized Almodóvar’s self-described “authoritarian” directing style. They again reunited in 2017 for an Almodóvar ...
Aug 25, 2016 · High Heels (1991) The low point of Almodóvar’s career thus far, High Heels is something of a disaster. His most explicit nod to the women’s pictures of the likes of Douglas Sirk to this point, it represents a huge backwards step in terms of rhythmic control after the sharp plotting and pacing of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
