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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782492603321

Titolo

Telling Queen Michal's story : an experiment in comparative interpretation / / edited by David J.A. Clines, Tamara C. Eskenazi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield : , : JSOT Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-281-80422-3

9786611804220

0-567-45328-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 119

Altri autori (Persone)

ClinesDavid J. A

EskenaziTamara Cohn

Disciplina

222.4

Soggetti

Narration in the Bible

Women in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Biblical Story of Michal in Hebrew and English; 'Michal Observed: An Introduction to Reading her Story'; 'Characterization and the Art of Reticence'; 'The Legal Background to the Restoration of Michal to David'; 'Characterization in Biblical Narrative: David's Wives'; 'Michal in the Books of Samuel'; 'The Fortune of King David/The Fate of Queen Michal: A Literary Critical Analysis of 2 Samuel 1-8'; '2 Samuel 6'; 'X, X ben Y: Personal Names in Hebrew Narrative Style'; 'The Story of Michal, Wife of David, in its Sequential Unfolding'

'King Saul's Daughter-David's First Wife''; The Grace of God'; 'Michal in Hebrew Sources'; 'Michal'; 'Murder They Wrote: Ideology and the Manipulation of Female Presence in Biblical Narrative'; 'Michal bat Shaul'; 'The Family of David'; 'Michal'; 'Michal'; 'Michal: A Vessel for the Desires of Others'; 'Michal'; 'Michal' and 'Michal: The Woman who Tricked her Father'; 'Michal'; 'Michal and her Sisters'; 'A Multivoiced Look at the Michal Narratives'; 'Three Wives'; 'The Princess and the Shepherd'; 'Michal'; 'Michal, Saul's Daughter'; Index of References; Index of Authors Cited



Sommario/riassunto

This book, an anthology of previously published writing about Michal together with some new and original essays, is something of an experiment. Its purpose is to provide readers with raw materials for developing their own reading of the Michal story. It does not offer a unified portrait of this biblical character, but rather invites readers to form their own assessment interactively with these readings of the Michal story. At the same time, this book presents some systematic guidance for coping with these divergent interpretations of the complex and tantalizing figure of Michal.