Killing Goliath?: Elhanan the Bethlehemite and the Text of 2 Samuel 21:19
The text of 2 Sam 21:19 states in summary fashion that a certain Elhanan, son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite in battle (thus, in apparent contradiction to the famous extended pericope of 1 Sam 17). A text-critical reconstruction of the verse is presented which accounts...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 72, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 716-733 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Goliath
/ Phonology
/ Old Testament
/ Old Testament
/ Bible. Chronicle 1. 20,5
/ Bible. Samuel 2. 21,19
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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| Summary: | The text of 2 Sam 21:19 states in summary fashion that a certain Elhanan, son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite in battle (thus, in apparent contradiction to the famous extended pericope of 1 Sam 17). A text-critical reconstruction of the verse is presented which accounts for the relationship between “the Bethlehemite” in 2 Sam 21:19 and the name “Lahmi” which is recorded as belonging to Goliath’s brother in 1 Chr 20:5. Along these lines it is further argued that a text-critical analysis is a viable option for resolving the tension with 1 Sam 17, without the need to resort to additional literary or source-critical solutions. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-bja10075 |