Daily Archives: September 21, 2010

Joab and Gedaliah?; Neusner and the Hillel and Shammai Passages

1.  In my reading today of The Surprising Election and Confirmation of King David, Randall Short discusses the murder of Abner in II Samuel.  Randall acknowledges that the narrative—“in the reported speech of David and in the words of the … Continue reading

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