431 David, Bathsheba, Uriah, Joab and Nathan a ) Perry & Sternberg attributed more intention and import to ( the text’s gaps and subtle allusions than to the explicit text . The crit - ics maintained the contrary : the explicit is more important than the subtle meanings of the text, while the gap filling is sometimes elusive . b ) The Biblical narrative is an ancient creation with unique fea - ( tures . One cannot cut it off from its time, framework and unique genre, and read it in the same way as reading modern fiction . The historical context and genre requires different research tools than those customar y in general literature . This critical note is well re - flected in Arpali’s superscription : “Caution—a Biblical Narrative ! ” c ) The sphere of gaps in the stor y of Dav id and Bathsheba, ( that is, the lack of penetration into the inner world of the char - acters as well as the lack of the narrator ’s judgment prevai ls in many other Biblical stories . Therefore, one cannot see ...
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