King David as an Optimally Developed Person in the Sense of Helplessness and Hopelessness
- Author Guo-Hui Xie
- Co-Author Juang Sheng Chua
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- Country : Singapore
- Subject : Special Education Consultant and Therapist
Keywords : Depression, Helplessness, Hopelessness, King David, Optimal Development
Abstract
This paper concerns a rhetoric theological or hermeneutic discussion about a person’s sense of helplessness and hopelessness, especially when in a state of depression. In this case, the authors have chosen King David, the second king of the ancient Israel, who reigned from c. 1010 to 970 BCE, as the key biblical character (persona) in the Old Testament for this discussion. The main aim is to study and understand the implications underlying this biblical image, whose name means “beloved” (of God), in terms of being an optimally developed person (ODP), during the episode when the king was having a serious power struggle with Prince Absalom, his third son. King David suffered depression during that period heartbroken by his son’s rebellion against his reign. It was during that period when the king was lost in the sense of helplessness and hopelessness.
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