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THE BOOK OF SAMUEL AND ITS RESPONSE TO MONARCHY...

Power comprises one of the key topics of the book of Samuel. This theme encompasses tribal
contentions  power differentials between religious authorities and kings  fathers and sons  men
and women. The articles assembled here explore Israel's search for political identity and
Samuel's critique of monarchy  the book's constructions of power and powerlessness  and the
editors' and early audiences' postmonarchic reflections. Historical and social-scientific
approaches to the book of Samuel find ancient Near Eastern parallels for the political
organization of Israel and describe the social conditions under authoritarian regimes.
Redactional approaches examine the diachronic development of Samuel's varying perceptions of
monarchy  from that institution's inception through its entrenchment in Israelite and Judahite
society  until it underwent a sudden  cataclysmic failure. And literary and theological
approaches advocate for contemporary reconsideration and application of the book's more noble
principles.

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