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2 Samuel
11:1-15
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | "The
Prophet and Reformer," Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit. |
| Chapter III,
The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c.
200) |
| Chapter VI, On
Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Except God continually uphold
us with his mighty Spirit, the most perfect fall headlong into all
vice and abomination." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Observe the occasions of
David's sin; what led to it. 1. Neglect of his business. He tarried
at Jerusalem. When we are out of the way of our duty, we are in
temptation. 2. Love of ease: idleness gives great advantage to the
tempter. 3. A wandering eye. He had not, like Job, made a covenant
with his eyes, or, at this time, he had forgotten it." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "Arose from off his bed
- Where he had lain, and slept for some time. And the bed of sloth
often proves the bed of lust." |
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| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The despotic kings of the
East, when they take a fancy for a woman, send an officer to the
house were she lives, who announces it to be the royal pleasure she
should remove to the palace." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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2 Samuel 11:1-15,
Pentecost 8,
2006, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson,
Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne,
Australia.
| "This story reveals another aspect of
that dark side of king David’s story, and of David himself. We will hear
God’s response to David’s actions in 2 Samuel 11 in next week’s
lectionary reading." |
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2 Samuel 11:1-15, Pentecost 8,
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia. |
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2 Samuel 11 - 12: The
Interactive Bible, David Landry, University of St. Thomas. After
downloading the free Authorware
plug-in, you can participate in an interactive study of the text, view
art work representing the text, and take a quiz about interpreting the
text.
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| "Abuse
of Command: A Bible Study. Exploiting Power for Sexual Gratification," by Walter
Brueggemann, in Sojourners, July/August, 1997.
| "The framing of a narrative of
sexuality by a narrative of the military is complete: military
(11:1); sexual (11:2-12:25); military (12:26-31). The victory is
immense for David. And within the presentation of David’s military
victory is the presentation of David’s sexual indulgence, cover-up
and all. The public in Jerusalem sees only the military drama. We
privileged readers know about the story within the story." |
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| "A
Peculiarly Christian Account of Sin," William H. Willimon, Duke
University. Theology Today, July 1993.
| "Our human situation is not
that we are all dressed up with a will to power and transcendence
with nowhere to go but failure. Our situation is that we view our
lives through a "heap of broken images," never getting an
accurate picture of ourselves." |
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"On Honesty and Self-deception: 'You Are the Man'," Lloyd H. Steffen,
The Christian Century, 1987.
| "Honesty is not praised much these
days. We pay it some lip service, of course, and we tell our children to
be honest in their dealings and with their feelings. But many of us would
rather have our children be shrewd than honest." |
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"The Icon Tree," Madeline L'Engle, The Christian Century, 1977.
| "The older I get and the more I learn,
the less qualified I become to make correct moral judgments; that may not
stop me from having to make them -- an event must be assessed before it
can be blessed -- but I have learned with hindsight that with all the
goodwill in the world I may be wrong, and it is only by offering my
judgments to God that they can be redeemed and blessed." |
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| "David
and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:1-4)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "David committed sin by his
adultery with Bathsheba and later by the murder of her husband, but
these sins were borne out of David's omissions which came to pass
when he stayed home, rather than go to war." |
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| "David
and Uriah (2 Samuel 11:5-27)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "I don't know that David
actually thinks he can deceive the people of Jerusalem as to whose
child Bathsheba's baby is. How can he when everyone knows Uriah has
never been with his wife to get her pregnant? It seems now as though
David is simply trying to legitimize his sin. By making Uriah a
casualty of war, he makes Bathsheba a widow. He can now marry this
woman and raise the child as his own, which of course it is." |
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| Articles & Background:
| "The
Queens' Story. Bathsheba, Maacah, Athaliah and the 'Historia of Early
Kings'," Ernst Axel Knauf, Lectio Difficilior:
European Electronic Journal for Feminist Exegesis, 2002.
| "Euro-American white male biblical
scholars have in the past – and to a disturbing degree still in the
present – read the story of the early kings through the eyes of the
deuteronomists, all too often sympathizing or even identifying with their
abysmal ideology. For the benefit of the living and the life of future
generations, both in Europe, the US and the Near East, it is high time to
regard this story with other eyes." |
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"David the Man: The Construction of Masculinity in the
Hebrew Bible," David J.A. Clines, 1995. |
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"Case Studies in Pastoral Theology," from
Care of Souls in the
Classic Tradition, by Thomas C. Oden, 1984.
| "Gregory found in Nathan’s example a
powerful model of how to proceed in a teaching ministry of pastoral care
to the rich, who may be blind to their own pride and power and unaware of
their own collusion with economic misery." |
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| "David
and Ahab, Clinton and Nixon: Contemporary Lessons From Two Biblical
Stories," John R. Vile. Leadership U.
| "Although both Biblical
stories indicate that God's judgments on the unjust and their sins
are sure and His mercy to those who seek his pardon is abundant
beyond human understanding, there is no sure word from the Lord as
to what our role in extending such punishment or mercy may be in the
case of an elected president." |
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| Bathsheba:
"I Am With Child," from
And Adam
Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bodner, Keith,
"Is Joab a Reader-Response Critic?" Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 2002. |
| Brueggemann, Walter,
"Life and Death in Tenth Century Israel," Journal of the American
Academy of Religion, 1972. |
| Brueggemann, Walter,
"On Trust and Freedom: A Study of Faith in the Succession Narrative,"
Interpretation, 1972. |
| Cushman, Beverly W.,
"The Politics of the Royal Harem and the Case of Bat-Sheba," Journal
for the Study of the Old Testament, 2006. |
| Exum, J. Cheryl,
"Bathsheba Plotted, Shot and Painted," Semeia, 1996. |
| Flanagan, James W.,
"Court History of Succession Document? A Study of 2 Samuel 9-20 and I Kings
1-2," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1972. |
| Frolov, Serge,
"Succession Narrative: A 'Document' or a Phantom?" Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2002. |
| Garsiel, Moshe,
"The Story of David and Bathsheba: A Different Approach," Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1993. |
| Guest, Deryn,
"Looking Lesbian at the Bathing Bathsheba," Biblical Interpretation,
2008.
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| Jensen, Hans J.L.,
"Desire, Rivalry and Collective Violence in the 'Succession Narrative',"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1992. |
| Kessler, John,
"Sexuality and Politics: The Motif of the Displaced Husband in the Books of
Samuel," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2000. (Section on this
text begins on page 419.) |
| Kim, Uriah
(Yong-Hwan),
"Uriah the Hittite: A (Con)text of Struggle for Identity," Semeia,
2002. |
| Knight, Douglas,
"Moral Values and Literary Traditions: The Case of the Succession Narrative
(2 Samuel 9-10; 1 Kings 1-2)," Semeia, 1985. |
| Nicol, George G.,
"The Alleged Rape of Bathsheba: Some Observations on Ambiguity in Biblical
Narrative," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1997. |
| Rosenberg, Joel,
"The Institutional Matrix of Treachery in 2 Samuel 11," Semeia,
1989. |
| Schwartz, Regina M.,
"Adultery in the House of David: The Metanarrative of Biblical Scholarship
and the Narratives of the Bible," Semeia, 1991. |
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| Reviews:
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Review: David, Done Right,
The David Story: A Translation with
Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel, by Robert Alter. Review by David
Gelernter, National Review 1999. |
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Review: Stanley Isser, The Sword of Goliath: David in Heroic
Literature. Scholars Press, 2003. Review by Peter D. Micall
in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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Review: Elna K. Solvang,
A Woman's Place Is in the House: Royal Women of Judah and Their Involvement
in the House of David. Sheffield Academic Press,
2003. Review by Ann Johnston in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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| Sermons: |
| With Children:
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"King David,"
Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art: David
Covets Bathsheba, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World
Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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| Hymns and Music: |
| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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