The demise of the warlord
Subtitle: a new look at the David story
By: Daniel Bodi
Series: Hebrew Bible monographs -- 26.; Hebrew Bible monographs -- 26.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press; Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sheffield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781906055820
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-255) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: A brief survey of the history of research; title: Historical, narratological and comparative analysis of 1 Samuel 11-12; title: The prophet Nathan accuses David (2 Samuel 12.1-31); title: An Akkadian literary topos : the bedouin ideal of the warlike existence; title: A brief account of the history of Mari and the importance of the Amorites for biblical studies; title: David's crime : outraging the resident-alien; title: The retribution principle in 2 Samuel 12 and its Amorite and ancient Near Eastern background; title: The 'widow's tablet' for the wife of an Assyrian war prisoner and the Rabbinic 'divorce letter' of the Hebrew warriors.