Title: 1 Samuel
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, Bible, Internship programs, Hispanic American college students, Directories, Student aid, Hispanic Americans, Scholarships, fellowships, Bibel, I Samuël (bijbelboek), Bible. Samuel, 1st - Criticism, Interpretation, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books
LC classification: BS1325.2 .J55 1998