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Samuel and the Shaping of Tradition (Hardcover)
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Samuel and the Shaping of Tradition (Hardcover)
Series: Biblical Refigurations
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Samuel stands out in many important biblical texts as the figure
who facilitated ancient Israel's transition from a tribal league to
a monarchic state. On the surface of the text, this transition
appears clear and linear, as does Samuel's role in bringing Israel
together as a nation and selecting its first kings. Beneath this
surface, however, is a far more complicated network of memories,
sources and agendas, each presenting a very different picture of
Samuel and his social, religious and ideological function. In some
sources, Samuel serves as a symbol of Israel's developing
priesthood and its system of social ethics, demonstrating the
tensions within the priestly ranks. In others, Samuel's prophetic
status is utilized to periodize Israel's history into distinct
categories, positioning prophets over monarchs as national
authorities. Elsewhere, Samuel is recruited to qualify - and
disqualify - different forms of political organization in
pre-monarchic Israel and systems of social hierarchy. Finally, the
Jewish and Christian exegetical traditions return to the figure of
Samuel and mine the texts in which he appears to re-structure
Israel's national identity and the later communities that claimed
descent from it. Mark Leuchter explores how the Samuel of these
sources differs from the Samuel of the final form of the text, how
the different writers used him to shape their ideas and transmit
their messages, and how Samuel functions as a vehicle for the
creation of a more elaborate literary superstructure drawn from
discreet sources.
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