War is present throughout the Old Testament and war is a man’s game. But what of the women? Away from the front line and far from the action, how do they define themselves in such a male climate? Is the only role for women that of victim, or is wartime as good a time as any to transform the attacked to the attacker… To a modern sensibility the tales of the Old Testament are wildly implausible. But recast these stories in a psychologically truthful light, or in a totally contemporary re-imagining, and what you have are stories that are shocking, even by today’s sensationalist tabloid standards. From seduction, torture and decapitation to infanticide and rape, here are women surviving in the most violent of times. Looking at the possible circumstances of these women’s lives, questions are raised that seem more pertinent now than ever: what does it mean to have faith? Is God something outside of us, or a force within us all? And just what does God mean to these women whose lives may not be as dissimilar to our own as at first they may appear? ‘Believe’ looks at the fascinating, tormenting and tormented, seducing and seduced, enraged and fearful, meek and impassioned women who carved their names into history.