The Invention of Monotheist Ethics

Hillel I. Millgram

doi:10.5771/9780761849254

Summary

The Invention of Monotheist Ethics, Volume II 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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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-4924-7
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-4925-4
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 597
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
1. 19. The Paths of Glory: The Curtain Rises No access
2. 20. The Paths of Glory: Brother Against Brother No access
3. 21. The Paths of Glory: The Making of a King No access
4. 22. The Paths of Glory: David Triumphant No access
5. 1. Excursus VII: The Tent Shrine No access
6. 24. To Build a House for God No access
7. 1. Excursus VIII: David's War Machine No access
8. 26. Interlude: Keeping Faith with Them that Sleep in the Dust No access
9. 27. The Course of Empire II: The Loosing of the Blood-Dimmed Tide No access
1. 28. The Bathsheba Affair No access
2. 29. Before the Bar of Justice No access
3. 30. Rape and Revenge No access
4. 31. The Fugitive's Return No access
5. 32. The Man who Would be King No access
6. 33. The Day of the Mercenaries No access
7. 34. The Return of the King: Planting the Seeds No access
8. 35. The Return of the King: Reaping Bitter Fruit No access
1. 36. The Martyrdom of the House of Saul No access
2. 37. The Sweet Singer of Israel No access
3. 38. The Sweet Singer of Israel: Twenty Years Later No access
4. 39. David's Heroes: The Halls of Fame No access
5. 40. The Ancient Sacrifice No access
1. Toward a New Conception of Morality No access
2. Postscript: The Death of the King No access
Appendix 1: Psalm 34 No access Pages 539 - 544
Appendix 2: Psalm 51 No access Pages 545 - 556
Appendix 3: Who's who in Samuel: A Listing of the Cast No access Pages 557 - 562
Appendix 4: Timeline - Keeping Track of When it Happened No access Pages 563 - 564
Appendix 5: Timeline - Putting Things in Perspective No access Pages 565 - 568
Glossary of Terms and Place Names No access Pages 569 - 576
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 577 - 582
Index of Scriptural References No access Pages 583 - 586
General Index No access Pages 587 - 596
About the Author No access Pages 597 - 597