How are the mighty fallen? [electronic resource] : a dialogical study of King Saul in 1 Samuel / Barbara Green.
Material type: TextSeries: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 365.Publication details: London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 492 p.)ISBN:- 9780567508102 (electronic bk.)
- 0567508102 (electronic bk.)
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- BS580.S3 G73 2003eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [468]-480)-and indexes.
Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 'A DIFFERENT CLAY': GENRE CONSIDERATIONS AND 1 SAMUEL 1-3; Chapter 2 LOOKING LETHAL: CHRONOTOPIC REPRESENTATION OF THE ARK (1 SAMUEL 4-7); Chapter 3 SAUL'S SKIN: THE AUTHORING OF A KING AND A HERO (1 SAMUEL 8-12); Chapter 4 INCAPACITY FOR ANSWERABILITY: THE FIRING OF KING SAUL (1 SAMUEL 13-15); Chapter 5 AT THE EDGE: SAUL'S DISCOURSES OF DESIRE (1 SAMUEL 16-19); Chapter 6 'ONLY I AM LEFT TO TELL THE TALE' : PURSUIT AND ESCAPE, SURPLUS AND SURVIVAL (1 SAMUEL 20-23).
This book marries the several elements: a given text (1 Samuel), a focal character (King Saul), a spacious and creative theorist (Mikhail Bakhtin), a historical context (the collapse of monarchic Israel and the moment for return. The dilemma for the exile community is to return with royal leadership or without it); a reading challenge is: can a character be a cipher for a corporate experience (Saul represent the whole monarchic experience)? The author argues that the narrative of 1 Samuel may be read as a riddle propounding the complex story of Israel/Judah's experience with kings as an instru.
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