RT Article
T1 Ars necandi und ars moriendi in den Samuelbüchern
JF Review of ecumenical studies, Sibiu
VO 6
IS 2
SP 288
OP 305
A1 Dietrich, Walter 1944-
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1580614558
AB The paper examines the Books of Samuel from two perspectives by posing two sets of questions: when is it legitimate (or, when is it perceived to be legitimate) to kill people, and when is this strictly forbidden? And how come to terms with one's own mortality? The ‘ars necandi' refers to four distinct areas: killing in war, suicide, murder and execution. Murder is absolutely prohibited, executions are best avoided, killing in war should be limited as much as possible, whilst suicide is not evaluated. The ‘ars morendi' distinguishes between premature death, which hits hard and is difficult to process, and death in old age, which is desirable, but needs to be carefully prepared for nonetheless. David himself is threatened by a thousand deaths; his survival is a miracle, his eventual death a soberly noted fact.
K1 Books of Samuel
K1 David
K1 Killing and dying
K1 Assassination
K1 Grief
K1 Liquidation
K1 Old Age
K1 premature death
K1 Suicide
K1 Warfare
DO 10.2478/ress-2014-0121