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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"2 Samuel"”.
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'David as reader': 2 Samuel 12: 1-15 and the poetics of fatherhood
… means of revealing the poetics of the text of 2 Samuel. A preliminary examination of David's interpretation of the story of the Amalekite messenger in 2 Sam 1 leads to the conclusion that the polysemy of the Amalekite's utterances is turned against him. David as reader re-writes the Amalekite's …
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The Nature of David's Kingship at Hebron: An Exegetical and Theological Study of 2 Samuel 2:1-5:5
… account of David’s reign at Hebron found in 2 Samuel 2:1—5:5 constitutes a somewhat neglected, yet crucial part of the David narrative, chronicling David’s first years as king. This dissertation investigates these chapters by means of a close reading of the Hebrew text in order to gain a better …
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Pride and kingship: a literary reading of 1 and 2 Samuel considering the role of the poetry in shaping the characterisation of the kings
The narrative of 1–2 Samuel describes the emergence of monarchy within the Israelite nation. However, it is well recognised that Samuel is not simply a political history but also a sophisticated literary work. It characterises its leading protagonists, namely Saul and David, with a complexity that …
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The Fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant
… 4 seeks to understand the Davidic Covenant in 2 Samuel 7 in light of these typological features and the canonical whole. Chapter 5 explores the Old and New Testaments for traces of these typological fulfillments. Chapter 6 provides some applications and charts a path between a covenantal and …
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Resourcing Members of Highlands Community Church, Renton, Washington, to Minister to Bereaved Parents
… to passages throughout Scripture including 2 Samuel 12 that share the gospel with unsaved bereaved parents while discipline Christian bereaved parents. Answers to the question, “Why did my child die?” are offered from Scripture and qualified hope for the salvation of infants is presented from …
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“My Heart is Steadfast”: A Theological Framework From Selected Psalms of David for Considering Trauma
… of tumultuous events recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel? Informed by theological anthropology, this dissertation will examine the Davidic psalms with superscriptions tied to narrative events in David’s life in order to reveal a variety of anthropological insights pertinent to understanding trauma …
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The royal priest: Psalm 110 in biblical-theological perspective
… of David’s own life experiences—revealed in 1–2 Samuel—and the content of the Davidic covenant in order to show how David would have arrived at the conclusion that the messiah was to be a royal priest after the order of Melchizedek. Chapter 4 briefly investigates the intertestamental literature …
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The Historical Superscriptions of Davidic Psalms: An Exegetical, Intertextual, and Methodological Analysis
… the structural concerns of the books of 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The stylistic and linguistic features of the h/ss reveal patterns from a comparison of the h/ss and the lexical and thematic parallels between adjacent psalms that engages a broadening focus on psalm groups, …
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The Bible and its modern methods: interpretation between art and text
… Chapter I juxtaposes the figure of Michal in 2 Samuel 6 against that of Queen Guenevere (1858) by William Morris in an essay that questions the portrait popular opinion has painted of the barren daughter of Saul. The Pre-Raphaelite painting and Morris’s related poetry help to build a defence for …
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The Ark of the Covenant as a Material Actant: Adapting New Materialist Concepts for Cause and Effect
… readings of passages in Exodus, Joshua, and Samuel that feature the Ark of the Covenant, the terms “actant” and “efficacy” are used to include nonhuman and material entities and activity, and the term “actantial context” is used to refer to a particular grouping of divine, human, nonhuman, …