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- Title
Political Favoritism in Saul's Court: ... and the Relationship between David and Jonathan.
- Authors
FLEMING, ERIN E.
- Abstract
Considerable recent debate has surrounded the interpretation of the relationship between David and Jonathan as portrayed in the books of Samuel. Building on the now-classic article by William Moran in which he argues that the term love (...) has a specialized political connotation in biblical and ancient Near Eastern treaty relationships, this paper demonstrates that the Hebrew terms ... ("delight") and ... ("lovely") in 1 Sam 19:1 and 2 Sam 1:23, 26 should be understood primarily with a political nuance. In particular, ... can denote individual favor or preference within an existing political relationship while ... can indicate divine favor or the beneficence of a royal figure. Supporting evidence for understanding ... and ... with a political nuance is drawn from the Hebrew Bible as well as from Old Aramaic, Phoenician, Assyrian, and Ugaritic texts. Taken together, the terms ... ,... , and ... underscore the political aspects of the relationship between David and Jonathan as depicted literarily in the books of Samuel.
- Subjects
SAMUEL (Biblical judge); UGARITIC literature; PHOENICIANS; ARAMAIC literature; ASSYRIANS
- Publication
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2016, Vol 135, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0021-9231
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15699/jbl.1344.2016.2929