03189nam 2200565Ia 450 991045311380332120200520144314.01-299-44380-X0-7618-4923-8(CKB)2550000001018378(EBL)1162113(SSID)ssj0000943924(PQKBManifestationID)11564338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943924(PQKBWorkID)10977704(PQKB)11317174(MiAaPQ)EBC1162113(Au-PeEL)EBL1162113(CaPaEBR)ebr10685875(CaONFJC)MIL475630(OCoLC)855503009(EXLCZ)99255000000101837820090909d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe invention of monotheist ethics[electronic resource] Volume 1exploring the first book of Samuel : the pursuit of power as nemesis /Hillel I. MillgramLanham University Press of Americac20101 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-4922-X Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction The Road To Samuel; Prologue Breakthrough: A Woman Re-evaluates a Man's World; Act One: The Prophet; 1. The Fall of the House of Eli; 2. In the Still of the Night; 3. Catastrophe; Excursus I: Israel in Canaan: How Did They Get There?; 4. Odyssey: The Wanderings of the Lost Ark; Excursus II: How They Lived in Those Days; 5. The Road Not Taken; Excursus III: The Problem of the Historian: How Did She Know?; Act Two: The Prophet and The King6. The Coming of the King: The Anointing7. The Coming of the King: The Proving; Excursus IV: In What Sort of Houses did Samuel and Saul Live?; 8. The Coming of the King: The Second War of Independence; 9. The Prophet Armed; Act Three: The King and the Upstart; 10. The Boy from Bethlehem; 11. The Minefield; 12. The Fugitive; 13. The Wilderness Years: The Outlaw; 14. The Wilderness Years: Search and Destroy; Excursus V: David in the Wilderness; 15. The Wilderness Years: Abigail; Excursus VI: Why is there So Much Drinking Going On in the Bible?; 16. The Wilderness Years: The Dramatist17. Bitter Bread: In the Service of the Enemy18. On a Darkling PlainThis book, Volume I of II, presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken as a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a century of change, this book contends that, at a deeper level, Samuel is a profound appraisal of the appeal and limitations of power.Sociology, BiblicalElectronic books.Sociology, Biblical.222.4406Millgram Hillel I.1931-880363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453113803321The invention of monotheist ethics1965772UNINA