Tragedy and Biblical Narrative: Arrows of the Almighty
Using insights about ancient and modern tragedy, this 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 madness; the story of Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter in fulfillment of his vow to offer God a sacrifice in return for military victory; and the story of Israel's most famous king, David, whose tragedy lies in the burden of divine judgement that falls on his...
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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.
AcknowledgmentsAbout translations and transliterations1Biblical narrative and the tragic vision12Saul: the hostility, of God16Excursus: hostile transcendence in the Samson story423Jephthah: the absence of God45Excursus 1: the awful and sustaining power of words60Excursus 2: Jephthan and his daughter: a feminist reading654The fate of the house of Saul70Michal and Jonathan71Jonathan74Michal81Abner and Ishbosheth95Rizpah's vigil and the tragic end of the House of Saul1095David: the judgment of God120Afterword150Notes153Bibliography182Index of authors195Index of proper names198Index of citations200
