Reconciling violence and kingship
Michelson, Marty Alan, 1971-
Reconciling violence and kingship a study of Judges and I Samuel / [electronic resource] : Marty Alan Michelson. - Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke, 2012, ©2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Front cover; Title Page; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Thesis and Scope of Study; 2. Composition and Kingship in the Deuteronomistic History; 3. Abimelech; 4. Micah, the Levite, and the Concubine; 5. Saul and Kingship; 6. Assessing a Girardian Hermeneutic within this Study; 7. Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Back cover.
In Reconciling Violence and Kingship, Michelson argues that a literary reading of Judges to 1 Samuel reveals a deep rooted and intentional ambivalence towards kingship, due to its intimate connection with socially permissible violence. Michelson expertly constructs a picture of the difficult emergence of the concept of Kingship in ancient Israel, culminating in its establishment as a sacred institution with the anointing of Saul. Michelson uses a literary method to examine the use of civil and institutionalized violence in the biblical narratives of Abimelech, the Levite and the concubine, and.
9780227901229 0227901223
22573/ctt1cg7n54 JSTOR
Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Judges.
Bible.--Samuel, 1st.
Violence in the Bible.
Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.
Violence in the Bible.
RELIGION / General
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1325.52 / .M52 2012eb
222.3206
Reconciling violence and kingship a study of Judges and I Samuel / [electronic resource] : Marty Alan Michelson. - Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke, 2012, ©2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Front cover; Title Page; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Thesis and Scope of Study; 2. Composition and Kingship in the Deuteronomistic History; 3. Abimelech; 4. Micah, the Levite, and the Concubine; 5. Saul and Kingship; 6. Assessing a Girardian Hermeneutic within this Study; 7. Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Back cover.
In Reconciling Violence and Kingship, Michelson argues that a literary reading of Judges to 1 Samuel reveals a deep rooted and intentional ambivalence towards kingship, due to its intimate connection with socially permissible violence. Michelson expertly constructs a picture of the difficult emergence of the concept of Kingship in ancient Israel, culminating in its establishment as a sacred institution with the anointing of Saul. Michelson uses a literary method to examine the use of civil and institutionalized violence in the biblical narratives of Abimelech, the Levite and the concubine, and.
9780227901229 0227901223
22573/ctt1cg7n54 JSTOR
Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Judges.
Bible.--Samuel, 1st.
Violence in the Bible.
Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.
Violence in the Bible.
RELIGION / General
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1325.52 / .M52 2012eb
222.3206
