Abishag: administrator of King David's household
Abisag - a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (1905/6) -- Abishag in the Hebrew narrative (1 Kings 1 and 2) -- Abishag as the administrator of King David's household -- Adonijah's coup d'état -- Where's the oath? -- Adonijah's chariot and horsemen and Solomon's she-donkey: the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Hebrew German |
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Sheffield
Sheffield Phoenix Press
2021
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Hebrew Bible monographs (93)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Hebrew Bible monographs
93 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Abischag, Biblical person
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible
B David King of Israel B David B Women in the Bible B Bible. Kings, 1st Criticism, interpretation, etc B Criticism, interpretation, etc B Abishag |
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| Summary: | Abisag - a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (1905/6) -- Abishag in the Hebrew narrative (1 Kings 1 and 2) -- Abishag as the administrator of King David's household -- Adonijah's coup d'état -- Where's the oath? -- Adonijah's chariot and horsemen and Solomon's she-donkey: the donkey as the Hebrew royal symbol in light of Amorite customs -- The role of the king's mother (gebira) in royal succession (1 Kings 2) -- The king's mother in the ancient Near East (Egypt, Mari, Hatti, Ugarit, Assyria) --The four wives of King David and the four women of Odysseus -- The stories of David's wives as a Hebrew "advice to a prince" -- Cunning and craftiness as archaic forms of wisdom, in the Hebrew Bible, Classical Greece, and the ancient Near East. "Following Daniel Bodi's previous monographs on the three wives of King David--Michal, Bathsheba and Abigail--here is a fourth one on Abishag, the last woman in his life. It has not been recognized before how decisive a role she played as a palace administrator in David's final political crisis, Adonijah's coup d'état, and Solomon's proclamation as king. Much more than a simple housekeeper, Abishag wields administrative power with a legal role as a witness in Solomon's appointment."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-395) and index |
| ISBN: | 1910928879 |