David, Saul, and God : rediscovering an ancient story / Paul Borgman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borgman, Paul, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

David, King of Israel.

David.

Saul, King of Israel.

Saul.

Bible. Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The biblical story of King David and his conflict with King Saul (1 and 2 Samuel) is one of the most colourful and perennially popular in the Hebrew Bible. Paul Borgman focuses on one of the key features of ancient Hebrew narrative poetics - repeated patterns - taking special note of even the small variations each time a pattern recurs.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-319) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988712-8

9786611851873

1-4356-4264-3

1-281-85187-6

0-19-971594-7

OCLC:

922954040