Tragedy and Biblical Narrative Arrows of the Almighty

Name: Tragedy and Biblical Narrative Arrows of the Almighty
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ISBN: 9780521565066

ISBN-10: 0521565065

ISBN-13: 9780521565066

Edition: 1996

Authors: J. Cheryl Exum

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Using insights about ancient and modern tragedy, this study offers challenging and provocative new readings of selected Biblical narratives: the story of Israel's first king, Saul, rejected for his disobedience to God and driven to madness; the story of Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter in fulfillment of his vow to offer God a sacrifice in return for military victory; and the story of Israel's most famous king, David, whose tragedy lies in the burden of divine judgement that falls on his house as a consequence of his sins. The book discusses how these narratives handle such perennial tragic issues as guilt, suffering and evil.

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/16/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgements


About translations and transliterations



Biblical Narrative and the Tragic Vision



the Hostility of God



Excursus: hostile transcendence in the Samson story



the Absence of God



Excursus 1: The awful and sustaining power of words


Excursus 2: Jephthah and his daughter: a feminist reading



The Fate of the House of Saul: Michal and Jonathan; Jonathan; Michal; Abner and Ishbosheth; Rizpah's vigil and the tragic end of the House of Saul



the Judgement of God



Afterword


Notes


Bibliography


Index of authors


Index of proper names


Index of citations