Thebez

Home > ... > Philosophy and Religion > The Bible > Biblical Proper Names > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side A Dictionary of the Bible The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Thebez

Thebez , in the Bible, fortified town where Abimelech was killed, NE of Shechem. It is the modern Tubas (West Bank).

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Thebez" title="Facts and information about Thebez">Thebez</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Thebez." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Thebez." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (November 9, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Thebez.html

"Thebez." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved November 09, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Thebez.html

Learn more about citation styles

Thebez

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Â© A Dictionary of the Bible 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Thebez A city near Shechem (Judg. 9: 49) where Abimelech was struck on the head by a millstone thrown by a woman (Judg. 9: 50, 53).

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O94-Thebez" title="Facts and information about Thebez">Thebez</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Thebez." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Thebez." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (November 9, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Thebez.html

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Thebez." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved November 09, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Thebez.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related research questions

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	A detail of history: Women smash melons to vindicate Bible story Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 7/28/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...The passage says an unnamed woman in Thebez, standing atop a tower from which defenders...watermelon, outdoing the ancient woman of Thebez, who seriously wounded Abimelech but...No, the authors say, the woman of Thebez obviously was hurling the sort of household...
	A Feminist Companion to Judges / A Feminist Companion to the Latter Prophets Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...to retrieve a gender-linked societal malaise of the period and to consider anomalous female roles, e.g., the woman of Thebez. Some emphasize resistant reading strategies: readerly suspicion of women approved by the narrator (e.g., Achsah, Deborah...
	JANE COFIELD Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 12/20/1997; 416 words ; ...northern Chicago. She was a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Waukegan, IL, Order Eastern Stars Rachel Chapter #23, Thebez Temple #2 North Chicago, IL, matron Herocia of Jerico, grand first assistant Worthy Chief Counselor of Ladies of Knights...
	Judit-über Schönheit, Macht und Widerstand im Krieg: Eine feministisch-intertextuelle Lektüre Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...OT are victims of military power more often than men, Judith resembles female killers such as Jael and the unnamed woman of Thebez (Judg 5:26; 9:53). Rakel acknowledges that the figure of Judith has received a mixed reception from exegetes. Some...