TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michelson,Marty Alan
TI  - Reconciling violence and kingship: a study of Judges and I Samuel 
SN  - 9780227901229
AV  - BS1325.52 .M52 2012eb
U1  - 222.3206 
PY  - 2012///, ©2011
CY  - Cambridge, U.K.
PB  - James Clarke
KW  - Bible
KW  - Judges
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Samuel, 1st
KW  - fast
KW  - Violence in the Bible
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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