Let’s move to a passage of dialogue from the dying King David to young Solomon as David appointed him king: “‘You shall be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord ...

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Stern College and completed both her MA and PhD in Bible at Bar-Ilan University. Her focus is on biblical studies, textual analysis, and the history of Jewish ...

“Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.” (Note how unusual it would have been for a king to involve himself in a dispute between prostitutes, the lowest of subjects. That showed ...