Absalom Mortuus: Difference between revisions

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Father/son relationshipsDeath of sonBiblical narrativeGriefRemorse

Following Absalom Rebellus, this story tells of Absalom's uprising against his father David. David's nephrew Joab commands his armies, and was instructed not to let Absalom die in the conflict. When Absalom is nevertheless killed, David is distracted with grief (despite having many surviving sons), and eventually orders his son Solomon to kill Joab.

From Epstein (1967).

[Added by Jane Bonsall]

Critical Literature

Nishimura (2001), Epstein (1967)

Absalom Mortuus appears in the following versions and secondary versions

	Has Language Of Version	Has Branch Of Tradition	Is Adapted From
Hebrew Group A	Hebrew	Book of Sindbad	Mishle Sendebar
Hebrew Group B	Hebrew	Book of Sindbad	Mishle Sendebar
Hebrew Prints	Hebrew	Book of Sindbad
Latin Mishle Sendebar		Book of Sindbad	Hebrew Mishle Sendebar

Absalom Mortuus is narrated in the following occurrences

Narrator	Pages
Sixth Master	Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618, Hebrew Group A, Hebrew Prints, Latin Mishle Sendebar, Mishle Sendebar

Absalom Mortuus appears in the following manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages	Has Language Group Within Version
Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618	Latin	Mishle Sendebar	Latin Mishle Sendebar
Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ebr. 100	Hebrew	Mishle Sendebar	Hebrew Mishle Sendebar

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 {{Inset Story
-|Has Display Title=The Death of Absalom
+|Has Short Description=The Death of Absalom
 |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967)
 |Has Motif=Father/son relationships; Death of son; Biblical narrative; Grief; Remorse
 |Has Summary=Following [[Absalom Rebellus]], this story tells of Absalom's uprising against his father David. David's nephrew Joab commands his armies, and was instructed not to let Absalom die in the conflict. When Absalom is nevertheless killed, David is distracted with grief (despite having many surviving sons), and eventually orders his son Solomon to kill Joab.
+From Epstein (1967).
+[Added by Jane Bonsall]
 }}