
The Book of Samuel and Its Response to Monarchy
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- Cover sheet
- Front page
- Imprint
- Contents
- Preface
- The Book of Samuel and Its Response to Monarchy - An Introduction
- 1. The Book of Samuel as a Text Collection about Different Stages of the Institutionalization of Power
- 2. The Book of Samuel as a Medium of Power Communication and a Contribution to the Political Discourse Through the Centuries
- 3. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Hannah's Prayer as Hope for and Critique of Monarchy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hannah's Prayer in the Final Form of Samuel
- 3. Hannah's Prayer as a Discrete Text
- 4. Hannah's Prayer as an Embedded Text
- 5. Hope for and Critique of Monarchy
- 6. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Images by and Images of Philistia: Winner and Loser Perspectives in 1 Samuel 5-6
- 1. The Ark in Philistia: Act I (1 Sam 5:6-12)
- 1.1 The Embedded Direct Speeches
- 1.2 The Narrative Parts
- 2. The Ark in Philistia: Act II (1 Sam 6:1-*18)
- 2.1 The Embedded Direct Speeches
- 2.2 The Narrative Parts
- 3. Images by Philistia
- 4. Images of Philistia: Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Remembering Kingship: Samuel's Contributions to Postmonarchic Culture
- 1. On Kings, Anthropology, and Ancient Judean Literature
- 2. On History, Theory, and Method
- 3. On Governments and Dynasties, Divine Choices and Promises, Samuel Being Stuck in the Middle
- 4. On Remembering Monarchy with and through Samuel
- Bibliography
- Tribal Contentions for the Throne: A Culturally Enthused Suspicious Reading of 1 Samuel 1-8
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Born a Leader or Destined to Lead: Samuel's Birth Narrative and Tribal Contentions for Judgeship or Kingship
- 2.1 Samuel's Birth Narrative (1 Samuel 1-2) within the frame-work of contention for power
- 2.2 Eli-Samuel/Levi-Ephraim
- 3. Kingship is Fought for: Contests for Kingship
- 3.1 Samuel-Saul/Ephraim-Benjamin Contention
- 3.2 Samuel, the Kingmaker, and Royal Contentions between Benjamin and Judah
- 4. Remarks on Context and Conclusion
- Bibliography
- A Pre-Deuteronomistic Narrative Underlying the "Antimonarchic Narrative" (1 Sam 8
- 10*
- 12) and Its Reuse in Thomas Paine's Common Sense*
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Paine's Allusions to Monarchic Discourses in Common Sense
- 3. Source-Critical Analysis of 1 Sam 8
- 10:17-27
- 12
- 3.1 The Elders' Request in 8:1-5*
- 3.2 YHWH's Command to Samuel: 1 Sam 8:6-22
- 3.3 Continuity between 1 Sam 8* + 10:17-27*
- 3.4 Continuity between 10:17-27* + 12*
- 4. Summary of the Underlying Narrative (NSRC)
- Appendix A: Reconstructed Text of the NSRC
- Bibliography
- Der "Saulidische Erbfolgekrieg" - Responses to Which Kind of Monarchy?
- 1. Interpretation und Anachronismen
- 2. Palace-Kinship-Theorien und Davids Salbungen
- 3. Redaktionskritische Anfrage
- 3.1 Der Tod der Söhne Sauls und Eschbaals "Interregnum"
- 3.2 Wiederaufnahmen: 2 Sam 2 und 2 Sam 5
- 3.3 Der Konkordanzbefund
- 3.4 2 Sam 2,1-4
- 4. Interpretation und Anachronismen II
- Literatur
- Conquering all the Enemies West, East, South, and North: Envisioning Power in the Books of Samuel and the Ancient Near East
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Saul and David as Successful Warlords in 1 Sam 14:47-48 and 2 Sam 8:11-12, 15*
- 3. Communicating Power in the Ancient Near East - A Comparison
- 4. The Historical Setting of 1 Sam 14:47-48
- 2 Sam 8:1-11*, 13-14
- and 8:11*-12, 15*
- 5. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ally or Enemy? Politics and Identity Construction in 2 Sam 15:19-22
- 1. Introduction
- 2. David and Ittai: The Text
- Bibliography
- An Unapologetic Apology The David Story as a Complex Response to Monarchy
- 1. Introduction: How Many Davids Do You See?
- 2. An Apology or Character Critique?
- 2.1 The David Story as Apology
- 2.2 The David Story as Character Critique
- 3. Toward an Unapologetic Apology
- 3.1 A Helpful Category: Seibert's Subversive Scribes
- 4. 1 Samuel 25 as a Test Case
- 5. Conclusion: A Complex Response to Monarchy
- Bibliography
- "Der König weint" - Das öffentliche Weinen des Königs als Mittel politischer Kommunikation in alttestamentlichen Texten
- 1. Zur Fragestellung
- 2. Der König weint - altorientalische Beispiele
- 3. Der König weint - Die biblischen Belege
- 3.1 König Joschija weint und demütigt sich vor Gott
- 3.2 Der kranke König Hiskija weint vor Gott
- 3.3 König Joasch weint vor dem todkranken Propheten Elischa
- 3.4 König Saul bricht angesichts von Davids Großmut in En- Gedi in Tränen aus
- 3.5 König David beweint den Tod Abners in Hebron
- 3.6 König David weint und demütigt sich vor Gott, um sein krankes Kind zu retten
- 3.7 König David weint mit seinen Söhnen
- 3.8 König David weint auf dem Ölberg bei seiner Flucht aus Jerusalem
- 3.9 König David weint um seinen toten Sohn Abschalom
- 4. Zusammenfassung
- Literatur
- Das Geschlecht der Politik. Familie und Herrschaft in der dynastischen Monarchie
- 1. Ambivalenzen von Herrschaft
- 2. Funktionen der Dynastie
- 3. "Völkergeschichte als Familiengeschichte" - auch in den Samuelbüchern
- 4. Ambivalente Verheißung
- 5. Konflikte um Macht und Sexualität
- 6. Brüchige Familien in den Samuelbüchern
- 7. Das Haus Davids und die Grenzen der Verwandtschaft
- Literatur
- Dynastiekritische Vorstellungen und das Königtum. Ein Blick auf die Samuelbücher
- 1. Dynastie- versus Monarchiekritik
- 2. Verhandlung des nichtdynastischen Königtums
- 3. Zur Entstehungsgeschichte
- 3.1 Erzählungen von Michal, Jonatan und anderen Benjaminitern
- 3.2 Der Verfasser der Saul-David-Salomo-Erzählung
- 3.3 Die deuteronomistische Redaktion
- Literatur
- Die Samuelbücher und das Königtum Bemerkungen zu den Beiträgen dieses Bandes
- 1. Das Königtum in den Samuelbüchern
- 1.1 Meine Vorgehensweise
- 1.2 Vorgehensweisen in den anderen Beiträgen
- 2. Die Hauptfiguren der Samuelbücher und das Königtum
- 2.1 Samuel, der Wegbereiter wider Willen
- 2.1.1 Das biblische Bild
- 2.1.2 Bilder in den anderen Beiträgen
- 2.2 Saul, der trotz Erwählung Gescheiterte
- 2.2.1 Das biblische Bild
- 2.2.2 Ein Bild aus einem anderen Beitrag
- 2.3 David, der trotz Mängeln Begnadete
- 2.3.1 Das biblische Bild
- 2.3.2 Bilder in den anderen Beiträgen
- 3. Ambivalentes Königtum, ambivalente Könige
- The Books of Samuel and the Monarchy Response to the Contributions of this Volume
- 1. Monarchy in the Books of Samuel
- 1.1 My point of view
- 1.2 Perspectives of the other Authors
- 2. The Principal Figures in the Books of Samuel and the Monarchy
- 2.1 Samuel, the Reluctant Promoter
- 2.1.1 The Biblical Picture
- 2.1.2 Images Presented in the other Contributions
- 2.2 Saul, Chosen but a Failure
- 2.2.1 The Biblical Picture
- 2.2.2 An Image from Another Contribution
- 2.3 David, Blessed Despite His Faults
- 2.3.1 The Biblical Picture
- 2.3.2 Presentations in the Other Contributions
- 3. Ambivalent Monarchy, Ambivalent Kings
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Subjects
- Contributors
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