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Through careful reading of the stories at the end of Judges and in 1 Samuel, Reconciling Violence and Kingship demonstrates that events surrounding Saul have significance independent of David and preceding David's kingship. Michelson argues that Saul's kingship is uniquely important in establishing the person of the king, who was inaugurated in order to minimize violence.
Contents
Abbreviations
1 Thesis and Scope of Study
2 C Composition and Kingship in the Deuteronomistic
History
3 Abimelech
4 Micah, the Levite, and the Concubine
5 S Saul and Kingship
6 Assessing a Girardian Hermeneutic within This Study
7 S Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index
