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Document Details : Title: The Design of the ‘Dual Causality’ Principle in the Narrative of Absalom’s Rebellion Author(s): GROSSMAN, Jonathan Journal: Biblica Volume: 88 Issue: 4 Date: 2007 Pages: 558-566 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.88.4.3189021 Abstract : The principle of dual causality, according to which the same event is projected twice for two different reasons — Divine and human — is known among scholars and researchers of the Bible. One of the outstanding narratives in which this principle becomes evident to the reader is Absalom’s rebellion: the narrator tells the story in terms of political conflict, but hints of a deeper explanation, which sees the rebellion as a Divine punishment for David. This paper portrays how ambiguous expressions were employed in order to form the principle of dual causality in this narrative. |
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