Potiphar’s Wife in David’s Looking Glass: Reading 2 Samuel 11-12 as a Reflection Story of Genesis 39

Though the parallels between Joseph and David have been well noted, the numerous literary links between Joseph’s exemplary behaviour with Potiphar’s wife on the one hand and David’s disgraceful behaviour with Bathsheba on the other has gone by largely unnoticed. In this article, we analyse 2 Samuel...

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Main Author: Postell, Seth D. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Tyndale House [2020]
In: Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-113
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Samuel 2. 11-12 / Bible. Genesis 39 / Intertextuality / Adultery
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Potiphar's wife, (Biblical figure)
B Bible. Genesis; Criticism, Narrative
B Intertextuality in the Bible
B Adultery; Biblical teaching
B Joseph, (Biblical patriarch)
B Bathsheba, (Biblical figure)
B Bible. Samuel II; Criticism, Narrative
B David, King of Israel
B Allusions in the Bible
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