Michelson, Marty Alan,  1971- <br/><br/>
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) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780227901229 0227901223 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1cg7n54  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Judges.<br/>Bible.--Samuel, 1st.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violence in the Bible.<br/>Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.<br/>RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.<br/>Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.<br/>Violence in the Bible.<br/>RELIGION / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1325.52  / .M52 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>222.3206