Narrative art and poetry in the books of Samuel : : a full interpretation based on stylistic and structural analyses / / J.P. Fokkelman.

• Superior document: Studia Semitica Neerlandica, 23, 27, 31
• Author: Fokkelman, J. P.
• Place / Publishing House: Assen, The Netherlands ;, Dover, N.H. : : Van Gorcum.; c1986-
• Year of Publication: 1986
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (808 pages).

Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel is the vast undertaking to interpret all the material in Samuel. Everything that the text has to offer can only be understood and appreciated to the full, and its interpretation can only lay claim to full validity by means of an integral view. Therefore the author has developed a textual model which regards and covers the composition of the Samuel books as a hierarchy of twelve levels. The Hebrew text is the long section which inextricably interweaves the demise of king Saul and the rise of David into a subtle and complicated dialectic of election and rejection. The author’s model of the ‘semiotic scale’ enables him to chart the different levels of the textual hierarchy and exactly determine the weight and range of action of each formal fact within the whole.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J.P. Fokkelman -- Introduction: Text, Theory and Interpretation / J.P. Fokkelman -- Saul’s rejection, Round one: Revealing conflicts with Samuel and Jonathan / J.P. Fokkelman -- The second and final rejection of Saul as king / J.P. Fokkelman -- The alternative, I Sam. 16: David anointed king, his arrival at court / J.P. Fokkelman -- A shepherd boy as champion: Sling and stone versus sword and spear / J.P. Fokkelman -- The spear and the trap, or alternatively, The rapid crystallization of the Saul-David relationship (I Sam.18:6-30) / J.P. Fokkelman -- Things get too hot for David (I Sam. 19) / J.P. Fokkelman -- Covenant with Jonathan, David flees permanently from the court / J.P. Fokkelman -- David fleeing: Ups and downs (I Sam. 21:2-22:5) / J.P. Fokkelman -- Saul against the priests, David in and out of Keilah (I Sam. 22:6-23 and 23:1-13) / J.P. Fokkelman -- From Ziph to En-gedi: Saul and David searching for one another in the wilderness / J.P. Fokkelman -- A woman’s intervention stops David from a bloodbath (I Sam. 25) / J.P. Fokkelman -- Back in Ziph: The final encounter / J.P. Fokkelman -- David in Ziklag: Vassal of the Philistines? / J.P. Fokkelman -- Saul’s demise / J.P. Fokkelman -- The cohesion of the Acts and their contribution / J.P. Fokkelman -- Corrigenda to Volume I / J.P. Fokkelman -- Titles and Abbreviations (continuation) / J.P. Fokkelman -- Index of biblical verses treated / J.P. Fokkelman -- Accounting for the selected text / J.P. Fokkelman -- Notes on colometry / J.P. Fokkelman -- The Hebrew text / J.P. Fokkelman.