Ruth and the David—Bathsheba Story: Allusions and Contrasts
Numerous scholars maintain that the book of Ruth alludes to the Judah—Tamar narrative in order to provide a contrasting, wholesome portrait of the ancestry of David. This study argues that the book also alludes to the related narrative of David and Bathsheba, casting David's conduct in that epi...
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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2009
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2009, 卷: 33, 發布: 4, Pages: 433-452 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ruth
B Samuel B Intertextuality B David B Bathsheba B inner-biblical allusion B Kingship |
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| 總結: | Numerous scholars maintain that the book of Ruth alludes to the Judah—Tamar narrative in order to provide a contrasting, wholesome portrait of the ancestry of David. This study argues that the book also alludes to the related narrative of David and Bathsheba, casting David's conduct in that episode as a departure from the favorable qualities of the bloodline modeled by Ruth and Boaz. The latter half of the book of Ruth contains three subtle features, each of which bears a unique resemblance to a feature of the Bathsheba tale; and in all three instances, it is proposed that the author of Ruth seeks to underscore a contrast between the characters in the two respective stories. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089209105688 |