About the Author

Sara M. Koenig is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Seattle Pacific University.

Reviews

""Was the biblical Bathsheba an evil seductress who manipulated her way from wife of Uriah to powerful queen mother alongside King David and Solomon? Or was Bathsheba simply an innocent, na�ve, and helpless victim controlled by more powerful men? Sara Koenig's insightful Isn't This Bathsheba? argues persuasively that neither view captures the full, complex, and changing biblical presentation of Bathsheba's character. Koenig's reading offers a rich and compelling study of an often neglected and misunderstood woman."" --Dennis Olson Princeton Theological Seminary ""For many readers, David's larger-than-life personality can easily overshadow Bathsheba. Yet, through an incisive study of one of the Hebrew Bible's most famous stories, Koenig brings Bathsheba to life in all her depth and complexity. Koenig's fascinating book reminds us that minor biblical characters are only as flat and uninteresting as our interpretations of them."" --Jeremy Schipper Temple University ""A minor but very well-known character in the biblical story, Bathsheba's place as a complex and evolving figure in the account of David and Solomon is uncovered in a wide-ranging and fulsome manner. Koenig delves deeply into the biblical text to make us aware of dimensions often missed in a quick reading of the Bathsheba texts. She also widens the picture to include ways in which from the earliest days the tradition has both followed and departed from the story as it first comes to us. I know of no treatment of this biblical woman that compares with what we have in Sara Koenig's masterful and learned presentation."" --Patrick D. Miller Princeton Theological Seminary