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The Battle of Gibeah Reconsidered (Judges 20:29-48)

In: Vetus Testamentum
Author:
Nadav Naʼaman Tel Aviv University

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12 Jan 2018
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Abstract

In this article I discuss the episode of the Israelite-Benjaminite battle at Gibeah (Judges 20:29-48). The battle account suffers from many inconsistencies, and to date no satisfactory solution was suggested for its composition. I posit that the battle story has a unified framework (vv. 29-31a and 47-48), and this framework embraces two complete alternative accounts of the battle, each describing a different version of the event (vv. 31b-36a and 36b-46). Following a translation of the two accounts, I analyze each account seeking to show how it describes the related event. I then examine the diachronic and synchronic solutions offered for the way the text has emerged, seeking to clarify how it might have reached its garbled final form.

Title:
The Battle of Gibeah Reconsidered (Judges 20:29-48)
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341309
Language:
English
Pages:
102–110
Keywords:
Battle of Gibeah; Benjaminites; Israelites; strategy; synchronic and diachronic solutions
In:
Vetus Testamentum
In:
Volume 68: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5330
Print ISSN:
0042-4935
Subjects:
Hebrew Bible, Biblical Studies, General, Jewish Studies

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