Character of David in Old Testament
Journals
1. David as Reader: David’s Understanding and interpreting 2. David and God: Who is David?
Summary of the Journals David is considered as a reader by the author of this journal because the journal evaluates understanding of people in relation to David’s character. The journal also evaluates the importance of David’s character as a reader and how the text is crucial in the investigation of David’s qualities in reading. The author also describes David as an image of a reader because the biblical stories illustrate this aspect in the book of Samuel. The journal describes David characters in the books of Samuel as literary texts because they evaluate their meaning hence raising criticisms. The author argues that David emphasis on the understanding rather than reading hence the reading is vital for people to understand the character of David as a reader. The journal discusses reading process and how people may adapt the character of David as a reader to overcome major biblical interpretation challenges that they encounter (Hugh). The journal identifies interpretation aspects of the character of David as a reader in order to analyze these roles effectively. David reaction involves execution of the Amalekites because he aims at establishing the truth, which is attained through reading. The journal also describes David as a reader because it evaluates interpretation of the text and other interpretations within the text. The issue of interpretation illustrates that David was a reader because he emphasizes on the truth that is obtained through reading and critical interpretation of texts. The author also describes the readings in the book of Samuel as oath but not judicial as other earlier mentioned stories. This indicates that the character of David as a reader is not only judicial, but oath oriented