Rape – The Shiloh Project

Genesis 14: Could Lot Potentially Be a Victim of Attempted Sexual Enslavement or Attempted Wartime Rape?

by Johanna Stiebert on February 17, 2025

Today’s post is by Victoria Mildenhall. The featured image is The Capture of Lot, by James Dabney McCabe, 1842-1883. Victoria studied for her undergraduate degree with the Open University and went on to complete two

The Rape of Men and Rabbinic Literature

by Johanna Stiebert on April 9, 2021

Today’s post is by Tali Artman Partock and examines the much-neglected topic of the rape of men in rabbinical texts.

Silence as Defiance: Tamar’s Desolation

by Shiloh Project on July 11, 2018

Today's post is an anonymous, personal reflection on the experience of sexual exploitation in childhood. The reflection also draws in the biblical

Germaine Greer: from feminist firebrand to professional troll

by Katie Edwards on June 2, 2018

Former celebrated feminist turned public polemicist Germaine Greer is no stranger to controversy. In fact, the author seems to court

Rape Culture Denial – A Response

by Johanna Stiebert on September 27, 2017

Introduction When I search on Amazon Books for publications on rape culture, the first item to pop up is Why

Sexual Violence and Rape Culture in the New Testament

by Meredith Warren on May 31, 2017

All too often when people think about violence in the Bible, they focus on the Old Testament and ignore the New. People tend to imagine that the Prince of Peace rejects violence, and situate Jesus