Rizpah: Grieving the Ungrievable (2 Sam. 21:1–14)

The brief story of Rizpah in 2 Samuel 21 has attracted little scholarly interest but carries important commentary on the exercise of David’s reign. Enlisting a conceptual framework from Judith Butler’s Precarious Life, I argue that Rizpah enacts the grieving of lives hitherto designated ungrievable...

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Main Author: Deutschmann, Barbara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2025, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 197-214
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rizpah / Bible. Samuel 2. 21,1-14 / Butler, Judith 1956- / Gender / Gender / Grief / Funeral / David, Israel, König / Criticism
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Burial
B Rizpah
B Gender
B Mourning
B Butler
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