Ten Concubines and a Wise Woman: A Threatened King and Women Behind Walls (2 Samuel 15:14–16; 16:15–23; 20:3, 15–22)

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wise Woman ◽  
2 Samuel

Abigail of Maon and the Wise Woman of Abel: Speaking Truth to Power

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Zucker ◽  
Noam Zion
Keyword(s):  
1 Samuel ◽  
Wise Woman ◽  
Speaking Truth To Power ◽  
2 Samuel

In 1 Samuel Abigail of Maon and then in 2 Samuel the Wise Woman of Abel dare to Speak Truth to Power. Each woman employs the wisdom of a moral appeal to the male aggressor’s better inclinations to deescalate a situation where her community is seriously threatened with violent and immediate annihilation.

Four Women in Samuel Confront Power, Part 2: Views from the Targum, the Rabbis, and the Church Fathers

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
David J. Zucker
Keyword(s):  
Church Fathers ◽  
Power Part ◽  
Wise Woman ◽  
The Church ◽  
2 Samuel

In 1-2 Samuel Abigail of Maon, the Medium of Endor, the Wise Woman of Tekoa, and the Wise Woman of Abel all dare to confront power. The Aramaic Bible, the Targum Jonathan; ancient Rabbinic sources; as well as the Church Fathers refer to them and draw different conclusions from their actions.

Did David Murder Saul's Successors in 2 Samuel 21:1-14 and Does It Matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Deken
Keyword(s):  
Near Eastern ◽  
The Law ◽  
2 Samuel

A semantic reading of this text alters the structure of the episode as a whole to reveal a story-within-a-story: the death of the seven Saulides and the expiation performed by Rizpah. The purpose of this sub-plot is to point to the perpetrator of the initial crime causing a famine, by presenting an analogous circumstance. By analogy we are directed to the conclusion that David is responsible for the famine after engineering the deaths of Saul and Jonathan. David’s exploitation of the differences between Ancient Near Eastern and Israelite law resulting in seven dead claimants to the throne of Israel, suggests that the episode has been compiled as a rejection of kingship; the centralization of worship, and the promulgation of the law-code. Fundamental to all these, is the rejection of the popular sovereign practice of murdering any potential successors to the throne.

The Meaning Of BYH In 2 Samuel 5:8b

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig W. TYSON
Keyword(s):  
2 Samuel
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