Authors: Simcha Shalom Brooks
ISBN-13: 9780754652045, ISBN-10: 0754652041
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: October 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Brooks, a British scholar of the Old Testament, examines the first king of Israel, using a historical-literary approach that draws on biblical and non-biblical written sources and archaeological findings. Her purpose is not to privilege one over the other, but to investigate whether a dialogue between them can be found that illuminates not only the actual events of the past, but also how and why these were portrayed as they are in the Old Testament. Among her topics are whether ancient Israel is a fiction or historical reality, Saul and David, Gibeah of Saul, and from Saul to schism. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1 | Ancient Israel : fiction or historical reality? | 1 |
2 | Introduction to the emergence of monarchy | 23 |
3 | Saul and the Deuteronomist | 41 |
4 | Saul and David | 69 |
5 | King Saul : origins and achievements | 89 |
6 | Gibeah of Saul | 121 |
7 | From Saul to the schism | 141 |