Absalom

[ ab-suh-luhm ]

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noun

(in the Bible) the third and favorite son of David, who rebelled against his father and was slain by Joab.
a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “father of peace.”

Absalom

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noun

Old Testament the third son of David, who rebelled against his father and was eventually killed by Joab (II Samuel 15–18)

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In ‘Absalom, Absalom,’ incest is less of a taboo for an upper-class Southern family than acknowledging the one drop of black blood that would clearly soil the family line.

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For Huw Absalom, the campaign to clear Griff's name goes on.

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Mr Absalom, who grew up nearby and was 15 at the time, remembers their deaths sending a "shockwave" through the community.

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Mr Absalom said he had asked the review team to consider exhuming the bodies, so they can be examined in light of modern forensic techniques.

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“You cant understand it. You would have to be born there,” says the tortured Quentin in William Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!”

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