Original scientific paper
Mystical interpretation according to rabbinic literature Psalm 69 and themystery of King David's birth
Kotel DaDon
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Agnes E. DaDon
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
salm 69 and Chapter 16 in the 1st book of Samuel. In his work, the author first brings the biblical texts, describing the early life of King David, and then defines the puzzling questions that arise from those texts and from additional texts in the Psalms that describe a strange hostility toward David by his family and others. The central part of this article is the research that intends to delve into the roots of this mysterious hostility, based on many rabbinical sources, partly mystical. These sources explore some hidden and intimate episodes from the life of King David’s parents and great-grandparents that cast some doubts on the purity of line age of King David and therefore made people treat him with hostility that made his life miserable. In his research, the author uses many sources from rabbinical literature, from the times of Talmud through the Middle Ages until modern times. This literature has been translated from Hebrew and Aramaic to Croatian for the first time by the author.
Keywords
David; Jesse; Saul; Ruth; Boaz; Samuel; Psalm; Midrash; Talmud
Hrčak ID:
213415
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2018.
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