2 Sam. 6

2Sam. 6- 1-This is a great entry point into speaking of a dissolution of a marriage. Michal had helped David. Now she heaps scorn on him. Look at the marriage from an alternate lectionary text I Sam. 18:10-16. this is a sad story of how love can deteriorate. 2) Is David’s public piety here sincere? 3) Are you comfortable or not with this sort of merger of church and state? 3)How do you work out the death of Uzzah. Is it like the power of the ark in the old Raiders movie? Why do mortals die in the face of the divine? it is not at all clear about the slipping of the ark or uzzah. We are not sure about the oxen either. 4) Look underneath the fear of David about the ark.Patrick Miller has thought long and hard about this passage. See for instance Religion of Ancient Israel. 5) It extends past the reading, but examine how sexuality becomes a power weapon toward her. 6) I suppose one could do an interesting piece on the ark of the covenant itself and some of the traditions surrounding it, even in Ethiopia. The ark had the word of the commandments, the instrument of help, the rod, and the wilderness food 7) Uzzah (strength) had it on a cart, not carried on the poles as usual. Was it an attempt at managing God? Was it a slap in the face of required ritual? 8) David seems to be acting as a priest here.