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Lot #		20060
Auction End Date		2/19/2008 11:50:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Batseba: ein drama

Author

[First Ed.] Leopold Lehmann

City

Berlin

Publisher

Verlag Reuss & Pollack

Publication Date

[1900's]

Collection Information

Independent Item

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Description Information

Physical
Description

First edition? 43 pp. 236:191 mm., wide margins, heavy stock, light age staining, stamps. A very good copy bound in the original wrappers.

Detailed
Description

A one-act play based on the Biblical character Batsheba, the wife of David and mother of Solomon. Bath-Sheba was originally the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of David's warriors. During the war against Rabbath-Ammon (II Sam. 11), David saw Bath-Sheba and ordered her brought to his palace. When David knew that she was pregnant by him, he attempted to return Uriah to his house (see II Sam. 11:6–13). Failing to do so, he sought and found a pretext to have Uriah killed in battle (11:14–27); he then married Bath-Sheba. The prophet Nathan rebuked David for this act (12:1–12), but subsequently took Bath-Sheba's side and supported the enthronement of her son Solomon (I Kings 1:8ff.). She later agreed to present to Solomon Adonijah's request for David's concubine Abishag. In addition to Solomon, Bath-Sheba gave birth to at least three other sons, Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan (I Chron. 3:5). It seems that her first son, who died soon after his birth because of the sin of his father, is included in this list (II Sam. 12:13ff.).

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