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Rereading Texts of “Targeted Killings” in the Hebrew Bible: An Indigenous Knowledge Systems Perspective

Masoga, Mogomme A.; Rugwiji, Temba T; Matshidz, Pfalelo E (Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Journal of the Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2018)

The biblical text is replete with narratives of targeted killings (TKs), although it is not stated as such. For example, David is depicted as “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Sm 13:14). However, when David was on his ...