The Turn of the Cycle

1 Samuel 1–8 in Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

von Serge Frolov

289 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The monograph produces a new interpretation of the opening chapter of 1 Samuel by combining several hermeneutical models, including the theory of chaotic (dynamically unstable) systems and the most recent, essentially post-modern, form criticism, to produce a new interpretation of the opening chapters of 1 Samuel. It argues that 1 Samuel 1-8 is an integral literary unit whose stance on such pivotal issues as monarchy and cultic centralization poorly agrees with that of the balance of Deuteronomy - Kings. In the diachronic perspective, this unit can be construed as a post-Deuteronomistic redactional interpolation polemically directed against several planks of the Deuteronomic/Deuteronomistic agenda. In the synchronic perspective, the pattern of relationship between 1 Samuel 1-8 and the balance of Genesis - Kings calls for a non-linear, multi-dimensional reading of the corpus. Both interpretational trajectories lead to the conclusion that the thrust of the Former Prophets in its final form is controlled to a considerable extent by non-Deuteronomistic elements.

• Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
• ISBN: 9783110181234
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.07.2004
• Genre: Religion, Theologie/Christentum
• Verlag: De Gruyter