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How Are the Mighty Fallen?: A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 Samuel

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This text discusses how the characterization of Saul shows that kingship failed, why it did, and how the institution would need to be ended. It marries the following elements: a given text , a focal character , a spacious and creative theorist and a historical context . The text poses the question of whether a character can be a cipher for a corporate experience - does Saul represent the whole monarchic experience? The thesis of the work is that Israel's first king is authored in such a way that the narrative of 1 Samuel may be read as a riddle propounding the complex story of Israel/Judah's experience with kings as an instruction for those pondering leadership choices in the sixth century. The work is an extended reflection on what went wrong with kings and why new leadership must be attempted. The extended riddle of Saul works to show how the life of the king is fundamentally destructive, not because he is malicious, but because of many factors of weakness and inadequacy that should be familiar to readers.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Release: June 01, 2003

ISBN: 0826462219

ISBN 13: 9780826462213

How Are the Mighty Fallen?: A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 Samuel

0/5 ( ratings)

This text discusses how the characterization of Saul shows that kingship failed, why it did, and how the institution would need to be ended. It marries the following elements: a given text , a focal character , a spacious and creative theorist and a historical context . The text poses the question of whether a character can be a cipher for a corporate experience - does Saul represent the whole monarchic experience? The thesis of the work is that Israel's first king is authored in such a way that the narrative of 1 Samuel may be read as a riddle propounding the complex story of Israel/Judah's experience with kings as an instruction for those pondering leadership choices in the sixth century. The work is an extended reflection on what went wrong with kings and why new leadership must be attempted. The extended riddle of Saul works to show how the life of the king is fundamentally destructive, not because he is malicious, but because of many factors of weakness and inadequacy that should be familiar to readers.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Release: June 01, 2003

ISBN: 0826462219

ISBN 13: 9780826462213

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