Sa mu el 512 took place over a period of several years during David’s reign . This description reflects knowledge of the events as well as a high level of literary skills . We shall now discuss some of these merits . A ) Having the advantage of ‘all - knowing’ perspective, the nar - ( leaping from therator skillfully uses the synchronic description, 12 description of David and his followers to the account of the activity of Absalom’s camp, and vice versa . The alternate descriptions generate tension and curiosity among readers, it intensifies the impression of the severity of the conflict between the rival camps, and by that, it grants the story its dramatic and tragic nature . B ) In my early writings ( Garsiel 1991 b : 219, passim ; 1993 c ; ( b : 189 – 190, 203 ) , I have pointed at the device of puns on names, 2008 which is developed in this story cycle . Following and citing my early work, Robert Polzin ( 1993 : 149 – 153 ; 226 ns . 4,7 ) took it even further . These links between...
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