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Tragedy And Biblical Narrative

Arrows of the Almighty

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 22.7 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm

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Using insights about ancient and modern tragedy, this much-praised study offers challenging and provocative new readings of selected biblical narratives: the story of Israel's first king, Saul, rejected for his disobedience to God and driven to despair and madness by an evil spirit from the Lord; the story of Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter in fulfilment of his vow to offer God a sacrifice in return for military victory; the stories of the members of Saul's house, each of whom comes to a tragic end; and the story of Israel's most famous king, David, whose tragedy lies in the burden of divine judgement that falls upon his house as a consequence of his sins. Exum discusses how these narratives handle such perennial tragic issues as guilt, suffering, and evil. She suggests that the extraordinary range and power of biblical narrative has its source in the Bible's uncompromising portrayal of reality as embracing despair, as well as resolution.
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  • Author

    J. Cheryl Exum (university Of Sheffield)

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    May 1996

  • Weight

    336g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    22.7 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521565066

  • ISBN-10

    0521565065

  • Eden Code

    1007614

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