About this episode

This episode explores the story of David and Bathsheba in both the Biblical and Qur'anic contexts, highlighting differing interpretations within the Islamic tradition.

David/Dawud is represented in the Islamic tradition as a righteous ruler who combines worship and kingship, piety and authority. One story that emerges in the Biblical and Qur'anic literature is that David/Dawud sees Bathsheba bathing, leading him to have an affair with her, kill her husband and then marrying her. Various Muslim commentators struggled with this story, with some saying that he only had relations with her after marriage and with others rejecting the story altogether...

People in this episode

Host: Younus Y. Mirza

Topics covered

• Islamic tradition
• David and Bathsheba
• righteous ruler
• piety and authority
• affair
• marriage

Keywords

• David
• Bathsheba
• Islam
• Quran
• affair
• marriage
• righteous ruler
• piety
• authority

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Islamic tradition, Qur'anic literature

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