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The Invention of Monotheist Ethics
Exploring the First Book of Samuel
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2009
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The Invention of Monotheist Ethics, Volume I presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken to be a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a turbulent century of change, The Invention of Monotheist Ethics contends that beneath this surface level the true focus of Samuel is a profound appraisal of power, its seductive appeal and its drastic limitations. Thus Samuel emerges as a radical critique of our power-based world, and the way we, its inhabitants, order our lives. Taken together with the contention that the Book of Samuel was written by a woman, the Biblical book emerges as a woman's critique of a man's world. This assessment concludes by proposing an alternative to the world we know: a world based on care and concern. Relying on recent sociological studies, this work explores the ramifications of an ethic based on care rather than justice.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-4922-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-4923-0
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
247
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Table of Contents No access
List of Maps No access
Foreword and Acknowledgements No access
Introduction The Road To Samuel No access Pages 1 - 24
Prologue Breakthrough: A Woman Re-evaluates a Man's World No access Pages 25 - 42
1. The Fall of the House of Eli No access
2. In the Still of the Night No access
Excursus I: Israel in Canaan: How Did They Get There? No access
Excursus II: How They Lived in Those Days No access
Excursus III: The Problem of the Historian: How Did She Know? No access
6. The Coming of the King: The Anointing No access
Excursus IV: In What Sort of Houses did Samuel and Saul Live? No access
8. The Coming of the King: The Second War of Independence No access
9. The Prophet Armed No access
10. The Boy from Bethlehem No access
11. The Minefield No access
12. The Fugitive No access
13. The Wilderness Years: The Outlaw No access
Excursus V: David in the Wilderness No access
Excursus VI: Why is there So Much Drinking Going On in the Bible? No access
16. The Wilderness Years: The Dramatist No access
17. Bitter Bread: In the Service of the Enemy No access
