How Are the Mighty Fallen?: A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 SamuelThis 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 instruction for those pondering leadership choices in the sixth century. The work is an extended reflection on what went wrong with kings and why new leadership must be attempted. The extended riddle of Saul works to show how the life of the king is fundamentally destructive, not because any is malicious but because of many factors of weakness and inadequacy that will be familiar to readers. |
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... and Thesis 131 5 . Exposition of Text 135 6 . Conclusions 161 Chapter 3 SAUL'S SKIN : THE AUTHORING OF A KING AND A HERO ( 1 SAMUEL 8-12 ) 1 . Point of Entry 163 163 2 . Bakhtin on Authoring 3 . Polzin's Contribution 4 Contents.
... and Thesis 131 5 . Exposition of Text 135 6 . Conclusions 161 Chapter 3 SAUL'S SKIN : THE AUTHORING OF A KING AND A HERO ( 1 SAMUEL 8-12 ) 1 . Point of Entry 163 163 2 . Bakhtin on Authoring 3 . Polzin's Contribution 4 Contents.
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... heroes ' whose primary role is to talk ideas , to ruminate points of view , to extend such language dialogically into the character zones of other literary figures , to readers , and even to the authoring pro- cess itself . Authors ...
... heroes ' whose primary role is to talk ideas , to ruminate points of view , to extend such language dialogically into the character zones of other literary figures , to readers , and even to the authoring pro- cess itself . Authors ...
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... hero with masculine adjectives and pronouns and to the reader with feminine ones , partly to avoid unclear or awkward language and partly to reflect likely reality . and is capable of approaching it both as a semantic Introduction 27.
... hero with masculine adjectives and pronouns and to the reader with feminine ones , partly to avoid unclear or awkward language and partly to reflect likely reality . and is capable of approaching it both as a semantic Introduction 27.
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... is compatible with a good deal of recent theology and theological anthropology . See Haught 2000 : Chapter 5 , for a good discussion . becomes Bakhtin's preferred mode of talking about authoring a hero 46 How Are the Mighty Fallen ?
... is compatible with a good deal of recent theology and theological anthropology . See Haught 2000 : Chapter 5 , for a good discussion . becomes Bakhtin's preferred mode of talking about authoring a hero 46 How Are the Mighty Fallen ?
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... hero as the author ( and Author ) go more hidden and less discernible , more mutual and less controlling , shows the possibility of authentic embodiment of what otherwise remains ' given ' , offering an antidote to the split . That is ...
... hero as the author ( and Author ) go more hidden and less discernible , more mutual and less controlling , shows the possibility of authentic embodiment of what otherwise remains ' given ' , offering an antidote to the split . That is ...
Contents
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CHRONOTOPIC REPRESENTATION OF THE ARK 1 SAMUEL 47 | 116 |
THE AUTHORING OF A KING AND A HERO 1 SAMUEL 812 | 163 |
THE FIRING OF KING SAUL 1 SAMUEL 1315 | 223 |
SAULS DISCOURSES OF DESIRE 1 SAMUEL 1619 | 262 |
PURSUIT AND ESCAPE SURPLUS AND SURVIVAL 1 SAMUEL 2023 | 323 |
LOOPHOLE LANGUAGE AND THE STALKING OF SAUL 1 SAMUEL 2426 | 367 |
THE DEATH OF KING SAUL AND THE ARCHITECTONICS OF HIS CHARACTERIZATION 1 SAMUEL 272 SAMUEL 1 | 411 |
CONCLUSION | 447 |
Bibliography | 468 |
Index of References | 481 |
Index of Authors | 490 |
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