A. Cohen

The research assumption is that the story of David and the Gibeonites does not praise David's behavior and actions in the story, as many scholars think, but rather criticizes him. The study's method is one of literary analysis according to Meir Weiss' method and Moshe Garsiel's …

The period between the death of Rav Ashi (427 CE) and that of Rabina the latter, bar Rav Huna (500 CE) is still beset with serious historical and literary uncertainties. In addition, the very identification of the period's personalities is at times bound up in serious difficulti…