To: Gregory and Carol Yeager <cgyeager AT mwci.net>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Jehu and Jezebel
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:19:36 +1000
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.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tel Dan Inscription Website http://web.infoave.net/~jwest/athas1.html
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::