As for Bible verses, he wouldn't put Numbers 25 in his Top 10, but it's the foundation for his well-reviewed recent book, "Reading Phinehas, Watching Slashers: Horror Theory and Numbers 25 ...

A strange episode at the end of the last Torah portion, Balak, where Phinehas (Pinchas) slain a Jewish prince caught in the act with a heathen woman, is rewarded in this week’s eponymous Torah ...