1 Samuel
By: David Jobling.
Series: Berit olam
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Samuel, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other titles: First Samuel
Description: While drawing on the resources of the new biblical "narratology," this reading of 1 Samuel diverges from the mainstream in fundamental ways. It pretends to no ideological neutrality, but espouses a "critical narratology" informed by such cultural practices as feminism and psychoanalysis. It follows a structuralist tradition which finds meaning more in the text's large-scale mythic patterns than in close reading of particular passages. It seeks methods specific to 1 Samuel rather than ones applicable to biblical narrative in general. Organizing the text through the three interlocking thematic fields of class, race, and gender, the author asks how such a canonical book may function in a modern context where these themes continue to be of crucial importance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"A Michael Glazier book."