The Demise of the Warlord - A New Look at the David Story (Hardcover, New)

The novelty of this monograph on David and Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11-12) lies in its placing the narrative in the context of the behaviour of nomadic warlords and Amorite tribal chieftains as reflected in several Akkadian texts from Mari and Mesopotamia. The biblical story is interpreted in the light of an Akkadian literary topos depicting the ideal warlike existence of a Bedouin tribal chieftain. According to this topos, David's dallying with women, and eating, drinking and living in the shade rather than leading armies into military exploits would be considered unworthy of a warlord and disparaging to his reputation. Another new feature in this book is the explanation of the treatment that king David inflicted on Uriah the Hittite, a 'resident alien' according to the rabbis, in the light of the outrage that a high official of a Pharaoh committed upon a resident-alien in El-Amarna times. There seems to have existed a non-written ancient Near Eastern law about the obligation of protecting and not harming resident aliens. As evidenced by the El-Amarna letter 162, disregard for this law entailed a death sentence on the perpetrator of such an outrage. In 2 Samuel 11-12 the outrage done to the resident alien is expressed through the literary motif of the abduction of the beautiful wife in the context of oppression and threat exercised by the powerful over the weak and the helpless.

General

Imprint:	Sheffield Phoenix Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Hebrew Bible Monographs, No. 26
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Daniel Bodi
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	284
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-906055-82-0
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-906055-82-3
Barcode:	9781906055820

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