Alternative Views of Bathsheba in the David and Bathsheba Story

Review of the previous post

The previous post, post number 5 of 23, discussed how David did not act like a good commander.

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This post, post number 6 of 23, is the first post in a series of 5 posts discussing Bathsheba’s “Victimhood” and introduces the topic of Bathsheba as it relates to the thesis of the posts in this series.

III. Bathsheba

1. Introduction

Of course, for the purposes of these posts, the more interesting character is Bathsheba. Bathsheba is generally viewed as being a victim of David and his power as the king. Therefore, it might be instructive to view her actions through the lens of victimhood to determine if she was proactive or reactive or submissive in the episode.

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The next post, post number 7 of 23, is the second post in the series of 5 posts discussing Bathsheba’s “Victimhood”.