The Beginning of Politics : : Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel / / Moshe Halbertal, Stephen Holmes.
New insights into how the Book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraftThe Book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was also...
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Halbertal, Moshe, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Beginning of Politics : Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel / Moshe Halbertal, Stephen Holmes. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (232 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A note on Text and Translation -- Introduction: The emergence of Politics -- One. The Grip of Power -- Two. The Grip of Power -- Three. Dynasty and Rupture -- Four. David's Will and Last Words -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star New insights into how the Book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraftThe Book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was also an uncannily astute observer of political life and the moral compromises and contradictions that the struggle for power inevitably entails. The Beginning of Politics mines the story of Israel's first two kings to unearth a natural history of power, providing a forceful new reading of what is arguably the first and greatest work of Western political thought.Moshe Halbertal and Stephen Holmes show how the beautifully crafted narratives of Saul and David cut to the core of politics, exploring themes that resonate wherever political power is at stake. Through stories such as Saul's madness, David's murder of Uriah, the rape of Tamar, and the rebellion of Absalom, the book's author deepens our understanding not only of the necessity of sovereign rule but also of its costs-to the people it is intended to protect and to those who wield it. What emerges from the meticulous analysis of these narratives includes such themes as the corrosive grip of power on those who hold and compete for power; the ways in which political violence unleashed by the sovereign on his own subjects is rooted in the paranoia of the isolated ruler and the deniability fostered by hierarchical action through proxies; and the intensity with which the tragic conflict between political loyalty and family loyalty explodes when the ruler's bloodline is made into the guarantor of the all-important continuity of sovereign power.The Beginning of Politics is a timely meditation on the dark side of sovereign power and the enduring dilemmas of statecraft. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Bible Criticism, Interpretation, Etc. O. T. Historical Books. Politics in the Bible. Power (Social sciences) Biblical teaching. Power (Social sciences). POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh Holmes, Stephen, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 9783110737769 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110543322 print 9780691174624 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400884896?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400884896 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400884896.jpg |
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