Name: Reconciling Violence and Kingship
SKU: 60810997
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Author: Michelson, Marty Alan
ISBN: 9781498255738

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Physical Book

Author

Marty Alan Michelson

Publisher

Pickwick Publications

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.8 cm

Weight

0.56 kg.

ISBN13

9781498255738

Synopsis "Reconciling Violence and Kingship"

The Hebrew Bible preeminently hails King David in narratives of kingship. Israel's first king, Saul, is interpreted as a weak king whose failings contrast with David's success. Reading the stories at the end of Judges and early in 1 Samuel, Reconciling Violence and Kingship demonstrates the significance of Saul and the inauguration of monarchy independent of and preceding David's kingship. Attuned to issues of mimetic rivalry and sacrifice extending from Abimelech in Judges, Michelson argues that Saul's kingship is uniquely important in establishing the person of the king, inaugurated in order to minimize violence through sacrifice. Read in this way, Saul is not a failed king, but is truly Israel's predominant king. Israelite monarchy emerges with Saul alongside emerging practices of the sacrificial cult.

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