39. Dr. Joanna Kline: Connections between the stories of David, Jacob, Judah, and Joseph

Dr. Joanna Kline is a professor at Gordon College where she teaches Old Testament. She specializes in literary approaches to the Bible and early interpretation of Scripture. If you enjoy seeing connections between different biblical stories, you will love today’s episode.

Joanna talks about narrative analogy: when Biblical stories are written in such a way to make comparisons to other stories that can lead to more avenues of interpretation. She sees connections between the story of David and the stories of Jacob, Judah, and Joseph.

We also talk about the nature of the writing/editing process of the Hebrew Bible and how we explain why narrative analogies occur. There are some interesting differences in the Greek Septuagint and Hebrew Masoretic Text in the story of David and Goliath.

David, Uriah, and Bathsheba - Joseph, Potiphar, and Potiphar’s wife

Judah and Tamar - Absolem and half sister

We finish by discussing the themes that rise to the surface through the motifs of these narrative analogies.

Joanna Kline Faculty Page: https://www.gordon.edu/bib-cmn/joannakline/

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