Thanks for joining us, and a special welcome to first-time readers. Today we study 2 Samuel 11, the story of David and Bathsheba, one of the most famous and dramatic chapters in the Old Testament ...

About thirty years ago, Shimon Peres once said something to the effect that not everything King David did was good. This kicked off a feeding frenzy amongst the rabbis who started to explain that ...

The Bible insists that I pay attention to David, that I regard his life. But it disturbs me to do so. I am angry with David after he rapes Bathsheba. Even when he is told that she is the daughter of ...

Herbert Mandl, rabbi emeritus and professor at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Mo. King David is one of the most fascinating personalities in the entire Bible. He is revered in both Judaism and ...

David, the popular king of Israel, was shaken with the news — Bathsheba was pregnant with his child. His initial reaction was to call in Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, from the battlefield. A day of fun, ...

The Hebrew Bible perhaps considers no woman as beautiful or as involved in a sex scandal as King David's most famous wife, Bathsheba. The text goes out of its way to speak of Bathsheba's beauty, yet ...

As we approach the High Holidays I recall a passionate debate I recently engaged in with a good friend of mine regarding the meaning of King David’s interaction with Bathsheba in the Bible. The ...