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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... possible to argue for the incoherence of certain materials as well ; I can do that myself , but I cannot maintain both positions simultaneously when I read . What is at stake seems to be the architectonics of reading , not of author ...
... possible to argue for the incoherence of certain materials as well ; I can do that myself , but I cannot maintain both positions simultaneously when I read . What is at stake seems to be the architectonics of reading , not of author ...
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... possible in the present . I do not plan to argue against alternative theories or to posit a variety of situations that the DH or 1 Samuel within it might address but rather to see how effectively I can make my case for one specific ...
... possible in the present . I do not plan to argue against alternative theories or to posit a variety of situations that the DH or 1 Samuel within it might address but rather to see how effectively I can make my case for one specific ...
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... possible , though perhaps not the best bet in terms of the past contentiousness between people and deity . But in any case , king- ship was set up and the primary task of the king was to safeguard — per- haps even deepen -- the ...
... possible , though perhaps not the best bet in terms of the past contentiousness between people and deity . But in any case , king- ship was set up and the primary task of the king was to safeguard — per- haps even deepen -- the ...
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... possible , not simply in those three reigns but in greatest detail there . But for the most part , the reality went otherwise . Linville , whose focus on Kings gives him a lot to say about Josiah , offers : ' Rather than salvage ...
... possible , not simply in those three reigns but in greatest detail there . But for the most part , the reality went otherwise . Linville , whose focus on Kings gives him a lot to say about Josiah , offers : ' Rather than salvage ...
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... possible — and that the failures of the leaders and people to follow them were actionable . Sixth : picking up from the previous point : The land of Canaan ( named variously over time ) was the privileged place where Israel was to work ...
... possible — and that the failures of the leaders and people to follow them were actionable . Sixth : picking up from the previous point : The land of Canaan ( named variously over time ) was the privileged place where Israel was to work ...
Contents
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55 | |
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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How Are the Mighty Fallen?: A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 Samuel Barbara Green Limited preview - 2003 |
How Are the Mighty Fallen?: A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 Samuel Barbara Green Limited preview - 2003 |
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