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Reconciling violence and kingship : a study of Judges and I Samuel /
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 emergen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
James Clarke,
2012, ©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780227901229 0227901223 1283866307 9781283866309 |