Review article
https://doi.org/10.31823/d.26.3.4
The Attitude of Barzillai the Gileadite Towards His Old Age
Domagoj Runje
orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-362X
; Catholic Faculty of Theology University of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The figure of Barzillai appears several times in the biblical texts and the two most important are 2 Sam 17:27-29, where Barzillai helps King David during the escape from his son Absalom who rebelled, and 2 Sam 19:32-40, where Barzillai meets King David again and speaks about his old age. This text is the focus of this paper where we observe Barzillai’s attitude towards his old age. There is also mention of several other texts from Jewish non-biblical tradition that help us better understand this biblical figure.
Keywords
Barzillai; King David; old age; Bible; Talmud
Hrčak ID:
207309
URI
Publication date:
24.10.2018.
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