Women in the Bible

Bette Davis as Jezebel 1938.

Adam and Eve a 1956 movie directed by Alberto Gout.

Cameron Diaz in the movie "Bad Teacher" (2011). She poses as the eternal seductress, the bad woman, offering the evil apple.

Susan Hayward bathing in the 1951 film David and Bathsheba.

A Poster of the tv-series Desperate Housewives uses the old symbol of the apple which automatically includes seduction, the serpent and so o...

Joan Collins as Esther in the Film Esther and the King (1960). It's sex and crime what's selling now from the old Bible stories.

The old snake-woman myth still proves useful selling movies. It's Eva and the snake, they are two sides of the same coin.

Paulette Goddard as evil pagan princess in the movie "Sins of Jezebel" from 1953. That’s how people imagined bible women in the 19...

This poster for the movie "Esther and the King" (1960) shows how Hollywood liked to interpret those stories. There is a lot of act...

The American actress Hedy Lamarr as Delilah in the film Samson and Delilah (1949). It’s interesting to see this more recent interpretation o...

This movie poster for "Esther and the King" (1960) starring Joan Collins as Esther underlines the modern artistic interest and exp...

When in the 20th century realistic painting vanished it was replaced by Hollywood, which carried on not only with the subjects but likewise ...