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Uriah – An Outsider Welcomed When It Was Useful

20 Thursday Jun 2013

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In contrast to David, Uriah abides by the Torah and observes the wartime soldier’s ban against conjugal relations. Despite this, the scribes did not claim Uriah as one of them, but as a “Hittite,” an outsider, Kim writes.

I had written an entry, “Uriah” for the new book, Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture.   EthicsDaily.com has revised my entry and has posted it on their site.  This is the new post.

Uriah the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba, was an officer of the Israelite army, a native of Jerusalem and a faithful Yahwist. Uriah is a Yahwistic name meaning “Yahweh is my light/fire.” Continue reading →

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