num_pages: 220
description: Using insights about ancient and modern tragedy this study offers challenging and provocative new readings of selected Biblical narratives: the story of Israel's first king Saul rejected for his disobedience to God and driven to madness; the story of Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter in fulfillment of his vow to offer God a sacrifice in return for military victory; and the story of Israel's most famous king David whose tragedy lies in the burden of divine judgement that falls on his house as a consequence of his sins. The book discusses how these narratives handle such perennial tragic issues as guilt suffering and evil.
language: English
title: Tragedy and Biblical Narrative: Arrows of the Almighty
publisher: Cambridge University Press