The Book of Samuel and its response to monarchy
Cover sheet -- Front page -- Imprint -- Contents -- Preface -- The Book of Samuel and Its Response to Monarchy - An Introduction -- 1. The Book of Samuel as a Text Collection about Different Stages of the Institutionalization of Power -- 2. The Book of Samuel as a Medium of Power Communication and a...
| Summary: | Cover sheet -- Front page -- Imprint -- Contents -- Preface -- The Book of Samuel and Its Response to Monarchy - An Introduction -- 1. The Book of Samuel as a Text Collection about Different Stages of the Institutionalization of Power -- 2. The Book of Samuel as a Medium of Power Communication and a Contribution to the Political Discourse Through the Centuries -- 3. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Hannah's Prayer as Hope for and Critique of Monarchy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hannah's Prayer in the Final Form of Samuel -- 3. Hannah's Prayer as a Discrete Text -- 4. Hannah's Prayer as an Embedded Text -- 5. Hope for and Critique of Monarchy -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Images by and Images of Philistia: Winner and Loser Perspectives in 1 Samuel 5-6 -- 1. The Ark in Philistia: Act I (1 Sam 5:6-12) -- 1.1 The Embedded Direct Speeches -- 1.2 The Narrative Parts -- 2. The Ark in Philistia: Act II (1 Sam 6:1-*18) -- 2.1 The Embedded Direct Speeches -- 2.2 The Narrative Parts -- 3. Images by Philistia -- 4. Images of Philistia: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Remembering Kingship: Samuel's Contributions to Postmonarchic Culture -- 1. On Kings, Anthropology, and Ancient Judean Literature -- 2. On History, Theory, and Method -- 3. On Governments and Dynasties, Divine Choices and Promises, Samuel Being Stuck in the Middle -- 4. On Remembering Monarchy with and through Samuel -- Bibliography -- Tribal Contentions for the Throne: A Culturally Enthused Suspicious Reading of 1 Samuel 1-8 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Born a Leader or Destined to Lead: Samuel's Birth Narrative and Tribal Contentions for Judgeship or Kingship -- 2.1 Samuel's Birth Narrative (1 Samuel 1-2) within the frame-work of contention for power -- 2.2 Eli-Samuel/Levi-Ephraim -- 3. Kingship is Fought for: Contests for Kingship -- 3.1 Samuel-Saul/Ephraim-Benjamin Contention. "Power comprises one of the key topics of the book of Samuel. This theme encompasses tribal contentions, power differentials between religious authorities and kings, fathers and sons, men and women. The articles assembled here explore Israel's search for political identity and Samuel's critique of monarchy, the book's constructions of power and powerlessness, and the editors' and early audiences' postmonarchic reflections. Historical and social-scientific approaches to the book of Samuel find ancient Near Eastern parallels for the political organization of Israel and describe the social conditions under authoritarian regimes. Redactional approaches examine the diachronic development of Samuel's varying perceptions of monarchy, from that institution's inception through its entrenchment in Israelite and Judahite society, until it underwent a sudden, cataclysmic failure. And literary and theological approaches advocate for contemporary reconsideration and application of the book's more noble principles." |
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| ISBN: | 3170370413 |