David, Saul, and God : rediscovering an ancient story / Paul Borgman.
2008
222.406 B733d 2008
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Title
David, Saul, and God : rediscovering an ancient story / Paul Borgman.
Author
ISBN
9780195331608 (alk. paper)
0195331605 (alk. paper)
0195331605 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
x, 335 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
222.406 B733d 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)157023211
(OCoLC)157023211
(OCoLC)157023211
Summary
The biblical story of King David and his conflict with King Saul (1 and 2 Samuel) is one of the most colorful and perennially popular in the Hebrew Bible. In recent years, this story has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention, much of it devoted to showing that David was a far less heroic character than appears on the surface. Borgman concludes with a comparison with Homer's storytelling technique, demonstrating that the David story is indeed a masterpiece and David (as Baruch Halpern has said) "the first truly modern human."--Publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-319) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Solving the story's mystery of David
and God, and Saul
Saul : three anointings, two wrongdoings, one good son between : patterns 1 and 2
Who is David? multiple introductions : pattern 3
Saul and David
fear; sword and spear : patterns 4 and 5
David spares an enemy, three times in a row : pattern 6
The ark, communal well-being, and women : pattern 7
Failed fathers : personal indulgence, public woe : pattern 8
News of death
public and private Davids : pattern 9
Chiastic conclusion : warriors, leadership, and poetic reflection : pattern 10 (A)
Chiastic conclusion : final contrast, soul and David sinning : patterns 10 (B) and 11
Conclusion : David and God, Odysseus and Athene : character and moral universe.
and God, and Saul
Saul : three anointings, two wrongdoings, one good son between : patterns 1 and 2
Who is David? multiple introductions : pattern 3
Saul and David
fear; sword and spear : patterns 4 and 5
David spares an enemy, three times in a row : pattern 6
The ark, communal well-being, and women : pattern 7
Failed fathers : personal indulgence, public woe : pattern 8
News of death
public and private Davids : pattern 9
Chiastic conclusion : warriors, leadership, and poetic reflection : pattern 10 (A)
Chiastic conclusion : final contrast, soul and David sinning : patterns 10 (B) and 11
Conclusion : David and God, Odysseus and Athene : character and moral universe.
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