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Second Samuel includes some of the most well-known and theologically layered episodes in the Old Testament, such as the Lord’s establishment of an eternal covenant with David, David’s sin with Bathsheba, and the subsequent account of Absalom’s rebellion. In this second part of an ambitious two-volume commentary on the books of Samuel, David Toshio Tsumura elucidates the rich text of 2 Samuel with...

34 One of the characteristics of the new literary criticism is a focus on characters and characterization in narratives. Interpretation of a story can certainly be dependent on an assessment of the characters in the story. Besides the major characters such as Samuel, Saul, and David,35 the recent emphasis on minor characters in the Books of Samuel is noteworthy. For example, U. Simon deals with the role of minor characters in narrative36 while other authors have
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