We are continuing with David and Bathsheba. We consider how both Christian and Jewish Commentators have attempted to exempt David from sin, or the very least downplay how troubling it was. And we see how bias and cultural conditioning determines who we blame often more effectively than how the Biblical Text actually reads. We see how the writer of Samuel uses language and themes to connect this passage with other highly troubling passages in the Bible including the Levite and Concubine, Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his daughters, and even The Fall. We also demonstrate how God never ignores or downplays the wrong done to Bathsheba,, makes it a crucial element in his Redemptive history, and why that is hope for all victims of sexual violence.
We are continuing with David and Bathsheba. We consider how both Christian and Jewish Commentators have attempted to exempt David from sin, or the very least downplay how troubling it was. And we see how bias and cultural conditioning determines who we blame often more effectively than how the Biblical Text actually reads. We see how the writer of Samuel uses language and themes to connect this passage with other highly troubling passages in the Bible including the Levite and Concubine, Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his daughters, and even The Fall. We also demonstrate how God never ignores or downplays the wrong done to Bathsheba,, makes it a crucial element in his Redemptive history, and why that is hope for all victims of sexual violence.
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