Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Gregory and Carol Yeager wrote:

> "L.M. Barre"  writes:
>
> > It is my considered opinion that the encounter between Jehu ben Nimshi 
> > and Jezebel of Sidon constitutes the most dramatic confrontation 
> > portrayed in the Hebrew Bible.
>
> I think the "most dramatic confrontation" in the HB is that between
> Pharoah and Moses and YHWH.  [...]

What about Samuel's confrontation of Saul at Gilgal after the battle with 
Amaleq and Samuel's hacking of Agag to pieces before Yahweh? Now there's a 
scene that's thick with
tension.


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GEORGE ATHAS
 Dept of Semitic Studies,
 University of Sydney
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