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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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