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A Literary Examination of the Function of Satire in the Mispat Hammelek of I Samuel 8
by Eric Alan Mitchell
Binding: Hardcover, 484 pages
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
List Price: USD $139.95
Weight: 195
Dimension: H: 1.25 x L: 9 x W: 6.25 inches
ISBN 10: 0773453113
ISBN 13: 9780773453111
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This study is a literary examination of the Israelite request for kingship in '1 Samuel 8' with satire in view as its genre. Through a close reading of the passage, this work contends that both Yahweh's and Samuel's speeches combine in the form a judgment speech to the nation of Israel. The greater unit of '1 Samuel 8 12' also shows a satiric dialectic that is subtly anti Saul but not anti monarchy. This study argues that '1 Samuel 8' is religio political satire seeking to reform both the deviation from the covenantal norm of Yahweh's kingship and the deviation from the deuteronomic standard of Yahweh initiated (ie, prophet anointed) kingship.

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