1 Samuel: A Narrative Commentary
"This
substantial commentary presents 1 Samuel as a sophisticated work of
literature, where the reader is challenged with a narrative that is
fraught with interpretative possibilities. In his distinctive literary
reading Bodner lays special emphasis on the intriguing array of
characters that populate the narrative, and on the plot, in its design
and its configurations." "Thus, a host of intriguing episodes and
personalities are passed in review: from the symbolically charged closed
womb of Hannah to the backwards fall and the broken neck of Eli, to the
strange tour of the Ark of God through the menacing Philistine
pentapolis, wreaking havoc. Then there is the complex portrayal of
Samuel the prophet, the emergence of the fugitive David as a leader, and
the eventual decline, madness, and necromancy of King Saul." "Only
through a literary study of its many ironies and ambiguities, Bodner
amply shows, can the richness of this classic royal drama be fully
appreciated."Get it
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