This woodcut by French artist Gustave Dore (1832-1883) shows Queen Athaliah of Judah being executed by palace guards to clear the young Joash’s ascension to the throne. Athaliah ruled the southern ...

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At Appleton Chapel last evening Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theological School, read the Bible narrative on which Racine's "Athalie" is based, and briefly told the story of the movement which led to ...

Aug. 13—The only woman to rule ancient Judah was Athaliah, who may have been the daughter of the wicked King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. Queen from 841 to 836 B.C., Athaliah left a baleful record of idol ...