tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post1856195893424918614..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: David & Moses: The Making of a LeaderChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-24203464743300617602017-01-29T12:30:46.715-05:002017-01-29T12:30:46.715-05:00Maybe David is to Moses as John the Baptist is to ...Maybe David is to Moses as John the Baptist is to eliyahAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171870445314156098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-32149589500296734752013-06-25T11:10:41.778-04:002013-06-25T11:10:41.778-04:00I found this today:
A particularly strong analogy...I found <a href="http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/shemot/avioz.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> today:<br /><br />A particularly strong analogy can be found between two shepherds: Moses and David. The analogy begins in Chronicles. Both Moses and David are referred to as “the man of G-d” (Deut. 33:1; Neh. 12:24, 36; II Chron. 8:14); both Moses and David led the people for forty years (Sam. 7:7; Deut. 31:2; 34:7; I Kings 2:11); David’s preparations for building the Temple call to mind Moses’ preparations for erecting the Tabernacle (cf. Ex. 35:4-29 and I Chron. 28:11ff).<br /><br />The parallels between Moses and David are also brought out in legends of the Sages, as we see in Midrash Tehillim 1.2 (Buber ed., p. 3):<br /><br />The greatest prophet was Moses ... the greatest king, David. One finds that whatever Moses did, David did as well. Moses took the Israelites out of Egypt, and David took Israel out of the bondage of exiles. Moses waged war on Sihon and Og, and David waged war on all those around him... Moses ruled[1] over Israel and Judah, ... and David ruled over Israel and Judah. Moses made the sea part for Israel, and David parted the rivers for Israel ... Moses gave Israel the Five Books of the Torah, and David gave Israel five books of Psalms.<br />The homilist’s point here is to elevate David to the level of Moses. The homily is based on the fact that both of them started out as shepherds and continued as faithful guardians of the flock, and also on the analogy between them that is drawn in Chronicles. This comparison opens the way for the homilist to search Scripture, in order to show further similarities between them.Chanahttp://curiousjew.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-24635886505839638242013-06-18T14:10:16.581-04:002013-06-18T14:10:16.581-04:00very nice post! thx! zeevvery nice post! thx! zeevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-29967168107947896942013-06-18T14:09:40.074-04:002013-06-18T14:09:40.074-04:00thanks very nice!thanks very nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com