The invention of monotheist ethics Volume 1, exploring the first book of Samuel : the pursuit of power as nemesis / Hillel I. Millgram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millgram, Hillel I., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Biblical.

Bible. Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Other Title:

Exploring the first book of Samuel

Pursuit of power as nemesis

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, Volume I of II, presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken as a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a century of change, this book contends that, at a deeper level, Samuel is a profound appraisal of the appeal and limitations of power.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction The Road To Samuel; Prologue Breakthrough: A Woman Re-evaluates a Man's World; Act One: The Prophet; 1. The Fall of the House of Eli; 2. In the Still of the Night; 3. Catastrophe; Excursus I: Israel in Canaan: How Did They Get There?; 4. Odyssey: The Wanderings of the Lost Ark; Excursus II: How They Lived in Those Days; 5. The Road Not Taken; Excursus III: The Problem of the Historian: How Did She Know?; Act Two: The Prophet and The King

6. The Coming of the King: The Anointing7. The Coming of the King: The Proving; Excursus IV: In What Sort of Houses did Samuel and Saul Live?; 8. The Coming of the King: The Second War of Independence; 9. The Prophet Armed; Act Three: The King and the Upstart; 10. The Boy from Bethlehem; 11. The Minefield; 12. The Fugitive; 13. The Wilderness Years: The Outlaw; 14. The Wilderness Years: Search and Destroy; Excursus V: David in the Wilderness; 15. The Wilderness Years: Abigail; Excursus VI: Why is there So Much Drinking Going On in the Bible?; 16. The Wilderness Years: The Dramatist

17. Bitter Bread: In the Service of the Enemy18. On a Darkling Plain

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7618-8472-6

1-299-44380-X

0-7618-4923-8

OCLC:

855503009