The Bible tells us in Proverbs 27:20 (author’s interpretation), “The eyes of man are never satisfied, and hell is never full.” King David was a great King, and he loved God with all his heart, but his flesh was weak. He carried a lustful spirit in his heart. King David had multiple wives when he saw Bathsheba from the roof top, and still he was not satisfied. Instead of David turning away from temptation, he indulged, and the act of adultery was birthed. King David and Bathsheba’s decision to indulge in sexual intercourse brought forth a whirlwind of issues, from an unexpected pregnancy, to the brutal murder of her husband Uriah, and the untimely death of their first born son. Unfortunately, they did not think about the consequences …show more content…
King David’s power and authority gave him a sense of entitlement that he can have whatever he wants. Therefore, he willing sleep with Bathsheba, even after finding out that she was the wife one of his royal guards. Peter Rutter is an advocate for bringing sexual misconduct to light in the office of the clergy, and professionals who commit sexual misconduct. After performing numerous of interviews, he was “amazed at how easily well respected men of power could repeatedly sexually exploit women without being discovered” (Grenz & Bell, 2001, p. 17). This previous statement is perfect reflection of David; he went through extreme lengths of covering up the affair. The Bible tells us the only one that knew was Prophet Nathan, and that only occurred because God revealed it to him (2 Samuel …show more content…
There are several stories in the Bible that speak of men and women committing sexual immorality, and in the 21st century it still continues. One significant difference in King David’s story is that he was a King, and could have any single woman he wanted, but he chose a married woman. It reminds me of the story of Adam and Eve, when God told Adam that they were not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, or surely they would die (Genesis 2:17). There were multiple trees in the garden, and one forbidden one, in relation to King David, there were several woman in the Kingdom, and the married ones were forbidden, and he still choose to be disobedient like Adam and Eve, and the world and the kingdom of Israel suffered grave consequences.
Temptation is not irresistible. The Bible tells us in James 1:14, “Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.” “Not only can you be tempted, you can get the victory (Towns, 2009, 272). Furthermore, 1 Corinthians 10:13
In the Hebrew Bible, adultery is considered a capital crime, punishable by the population stoning the adulterous wife and her lover to death. Deut. 22:20 commands this communal punishment in order to “sweep away evil from Israel.” The question remains as to why this crime was considered to be such a transgression. Several explanations exist to account for the seriousness of the crime.
The wife of baths tale is a very lusty and boisterous women. She sees absolutely nothing wrong with having five different husbands. She feels as though her marriages are just giving her more experience. She obeys the bibles words by “going forth and multiplying” after each husbands passing. She feels as though the sexual organs are “made for both pleasure and functional purposes” and she is willing to have sex whenever her man wishes to. She doesn’t think sex is just for procreation.
It's hard for us to imagine what it would be like to be in David's shoes and it's very easy to judge. We can ask us why he didn't just accept his homosexuality and get on with it, but that question will never be answered. David was raised with the opinion that man and woman-relationships were the only way, and his foundation was built on that belief.
Another trick a dominatrix does is how to make her partner obey and this is something The Wife of Baths knows how to do with almost all her husbands; refusing to take no for an answer. The Wife of Baths would manipulate her husbands if they angered her, disobeyed her, or went out of the marriage with the power of paranoia (Chaucer 282-310). Furthermore, The Wife of Baths wanted to have more of a compromise with her five husbands when she was in control, to show that she could be just as powerful as her male counterpart in the relationship (Chaucer
Regularly characterized as monsters, women were ridiculed for being sexually unappeasable, lustful, and shrewish, and they were regarded with condescension by the church authorities. Similarly, people in the medieval era regarded multiple marriages as highly questionable, and it is for this reason that the Wife of Bath carefully examines the words of God as revealed in scripture (revealing her to be more than a simple-minded woman: a knowledge of religious texts proves she is definitely educated and well-read). She confesses that nowhere can she find a stricture against her having more than one marriage, and her five husbands are therefore her choice and hers only. “He seith to be wedded is no synne:/ Bet is to be wedded than to brynne”, she remarks humorously, drawing on the fact that by God’s permission, finding a partner through marriage is a pastime with little consequences, for it is better than engaging in sin and burning for it (50-53. 301). This begins her analysis of the bible and the often “sinful” breakdown of a sexual relationship between man and woman, and introduces her repetitive idea of the
The image of the woman in the Wife of Bath’s Prologue is depicted by Chaucer to be “barley wheat” in a town and civilization lusting for whole white wheat or virginity (Chaucer 1711). The woman has married many men and in doing so forgotten the true value of the Christian faith and now believes worldly influence can overpower the scriptures of the Bible, “can you show in plain words that Almighty God forbade us marriage? Or where did he command virginity?” (Chaucer 1709). Jackie Shead analyzes the prologue and states, “it begins by manipulating authoritative texts--a pre-emptive strike to justify the Wife's marital history and her single-minded pursuit of self-gratification” (Shead). The possibility of the Wife of B...
We need not to excuse David's sin, because he confessed it and expressed his renewed trust in God. When we read Psalm 34, we are to understand that it was written by the same man who had already acknowledge his sin and is forgiven. The trust which David speaks in Psalm 34 is that which he reaffirmed in Psalm 56. The key to understanding of the relationship of Psalm 34 to 1 Samuel 21 states that David was forgiven and renewed as a result of his experience described in Psalm 56. David begins this psalm with a vow, or a promise: “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (v.1). Here David promise to persistently praise His God. David praise, while based upon a specific event in his life, is ongoing. It should be
As stated by Ulrich, Bathsheba was remembered in English and American sermons as “a virtuous housewife, a godly woman whose industrious labors gave mythical significance to the ordinary tasks assigned to her sex.” In the Proverbs, she is described as one who is willing to serve her family (Ulrich 14). Moreover, just with Ulrich’s initial description of this biblical woman in which she compares women of the 1650s-1750s to, readers are able to get a general understanding that a woman’s role in economic life was vital to the success of her
Pride and Lust are the two sins closely associated with the Wife of Bath. The Wife of Bath is a woman who is too proud of herself as shown by her style of clothing. Chaucer begins by describing her familiar Sunday clothing as “Her kerchiefs were of finely woven ground; I dared have sworn they weighed a good ten pound” (463-464). This type of clothing is atypical for a person attending a church service. Moreover, “Her hose were of the finest scarlet red and gartered tight; her shoes were soft and new. Bold her face, handsome, and red in hue” (466-468). All these things exemplifies her self-...
Found in second Samuel is a story about rape and incest within the family of King David. The story is commonly titled “The Rape of Tamar,” but the story is not just about her sexual assault. No, the story is not simply about rape and incest; when read with a feminist lens, the story is a complex intertwining of power dynamics within a patriarchal society, a passive reactions by those with authority, and a deity who remains silent throughout the entire narrative.
When David commits the sin of adultery with Bathseba and gets her pregnant, and then murders her husband Uriah, he does not realize that what he has done is wrong. Therefore, God sends Nathan to David, who uses the parable of the rich man who steals the poor man’s sheep to let David know of his own sin. David responds to the parable by condemning...
is said that the only way to fight a temptation is to succumb to it
Coetzee claims David’s inner thoughts which include lust and desire. At the beginning of the Disgrace, David’s relationship with Soraya has ‘‘ solved the problem of sex’’. He believes that how wrong he is about Soraya when he thinks Soraya as ‘‘ too old enough to be her father’’. However, David’s desire is a hindrance in making a moral decision. His temperament is never going to change and he lives in his emotional world. Lurie missed what was going on about Soraya because she denies that she even knows who Lurie is. What urges David to follow the pleasure with her is based on the inner lustful behavior and desires arising from egoistic feelings.
The “Wife of Bath’s Prologue” shows that Alisoun was empowered by the ability use her sexuality. As she introduces her tale, Alisoun makes it clear that she sees marriage as a way to gain money and status, “Of fyve husbondes
In The Essential Elements of Sin, Towns (2012), strategically breaks down the two concepts of conditional sin and temptation further into depth. When it comes to understanding the idea of temptation, Towns (2012) states that acting upon and setting that desire into motion is what causes man to commit an actual sin. When man is placed in a situation in which he is being tempted to sin, that temptation he is feeling should not be confused with a natural human instinct. James 1:13 (International Standard Version) states, “when someone is tempted, he should not say, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.” Hence, it was Adam and Eve’s reaction of giving into the serpent’s lies that caused them to fall into temptation and disobey