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The invention of monotheist ethics. Vol. 1, Exploring the first book of Samuel : the pursuit of power as nemesis / Hillel I. Millgram.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, MD : University Press of America, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource : mapsContent type:
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  • 9780761849230
  • 0761849238
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  • Exploring the first book of Samuel
  • Pursuit of power as nemesis
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222/.406 22
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  • BS1325.52 .M545 2010
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction The Road To Samuel; Prologue Breakthrough: A Woman Re-evaluates a Man's World; Act One: The Prophet; 1. The Fall of the House of Eli; 2. In the Still of the Night; 3. Catastrophe; Excursus I: Israel in Canaan: How Did They Get There?; 4. Odyssey: The Wanderings of the Lost Ark; Excursus II: How They Lived in Those Days; 5. The Road Not Taken; Excursus III: The Problem of the Historian: How Did She Know?; Act Two: The Prophet and The King
6. The Coming of the King: The Anointing7. The Coming of the King: The Proving; Excursus IV: In What Sort of Houses did Samuel and Saul Live?; 8. The Coming of the King: The Second War of Independence; 9. The Prophet Armed; Act Three: The King and the Upstart; 10. The Boy from Bethlehem; 11. The Minefield; 12. The Fugitive; 13. The Wilderness Years: The Outlaw; 14. The Wilderness Years: Search and Destroy; Excursus V: David in the Wilderness; 15. The Wilderness Years: Abigail; Excursus VI: Why is there So Much Drinking Going On in the Bible?; 16. The Wilderness Years: The Dramatist
Summary: This book, Volume I of II, presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken as a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a century of change, this book contends that, at a deeper level, Samuel is a profound appraisal of the appeal and limitations of power.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)561963

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction The Road To Samuel; Prologue Breakthrough: A Woman Re-evaluates a Man's World; Act One: The Prophet; 1. The Fall of the House of Eli; 2. In the Still of the Night; 3. Catastrophe; Excursus I: Israel in Canaan: How Did They Get There?; 4. Odyssey: The Wanderings of the Lost Ark; Excursus II: How They Lived in Those Days; 5. The Road Not Taken; Excursus III: The Problem of the Historian: How Did She Know?; Act Two: The Prophet and The King

6. The Coming of the King: The Anointing7. The Coming of the King: The Proving; Excursus IV: In What Sort of Houses did Samuel and Saul Live?; 8. The Coming of the King: The Second War of Independence; 9. The Prophet Armed; Act Three: The King and the Upstart; 10. The Boy from Bethlehem; 11. The Minefield; 12. The Fugitive; 13. The Wilderness Years: The Outlaw; 14. The Wilderness Years: Search and Destroy; Excursus V: David in the Wilderness; 15. The Wilderness Years: Abigail; Excursus VI: Why is there So Much Drinking Going On in the Bible?; 16. The Wilderness Years: The Dramatist

This book, Volume I of II, presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken as a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a century of change, this book contends that, at a deeper level, Samuel is a profound appraisal of the appeal and limitations of power.