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Did David Rape Bathsheba?

December 20, 2024
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

Within this podcast, I mention the following article:

Ezra Sivan, 'The King’s Great Cover-Up and Great Confession': https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/the-kings-great-cover-up-and-great-confession/

James Jordan, 'Bathsheba: The Real Story': https://www.biblicalhorizons.com/biblical-horizons/no-93-bathsheba-the-real-story/

Alastair Roberts, 'The Reopened Wounds of David': https://theopolisinstitute.com/the-reopened-wounds-of-jacob/

Alastair Roberts, 'David and His Household in Genesis 38': https://argosy.substack.com/i/102907103/david-and-his-household-in-genesis.

James Bejon, 'How does biblical narrative depict the exploitation of power?': https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/how-does-biblical-narrative-depict-the-exploitation-of-power/

Peter Leithart, 'David's Pharaoh Moment': https://theopolisinstitute.com/leithart_post/davids-pharaoh-moment/

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