'David as reader' : 2 Samuel 12: 1-15 and the poetics of fatherhood

In this thesis, the concept of the character as reader is explored as a means of revealing the poetics of the text of 2 Samuel. A preliminary examination of David's interpretation of the story of the Amalekite messenger in 2 Sam 1 leads to the conclusion that the polysemy of the Amalekite'...

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Main Author: Pyper, Hugh Scott
Published: University of Glasgow 1993
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326423