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Pastors and leaders of the classical church—such as Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther, and John Wesley—interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars have reasserted the priority of a theological...

decidedly influenced the manner in which the Gospel writers came to understand the significance of Jesus. Still another central motif of 2 Samuel is that of bad fathering and bad kingship. David is presented as Israel’s greatest, indeed archetypal, king, and at the same time his flaws are on clear, often disturbing, display. As many point out, ancient authors tend to apotheosize political rulers, but the writer/editor of 2 Samuel, even as he extols David as a uniquely privileged agent of the divine
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