Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>]

Today my first-year Hebrew class read 2 Samuel 12.  They loved it.
One student asked an interesting question: Why did David react so
passionately to a narrative that was obviously a parable?
I replied that the Hebrew text contains no indications that Nathan's
story was a parable.  Nathan's story begins just like 1 Samuel 1, which
is not called a parable.
My question to this list is: Can you think of any biblical narratives
that are presented as fiction?  How can we determine a factual narrative
from a fictional narrative?

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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/