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020			_a97801953316080195331605
041			_aeng
050			_aBS1325.52 _b.B67 2008
100			_aBorgman, Paul
245		0	_aDavid, Saul, and God : _brediscovering an ancient story / _cPaul Borgman
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2008
300			_ax, 335 p. _b; _c24 cm.
505			_aIntroduction: Solving the story's mystery of David--and God, and Saul -- Saul : three anointings, two wrongdoings, one good son between : patterns 1 and 2 -- Who is David? multiple introductions : pattern 3 -- Saul and David--fear; sword and spear : patterns 4 and 5 -- David spares an enemy, three times in a row : pattern 6 -- The ark, communal well-being, and women : pattern 7 -- Failed fathers : personal indulgence, public woe : pattern 8 -- News of death--public and private Davids : pattern 9 -- Chiastic conclusion : warriors, leadership, and poetic reflection : pattern 10 (A) -- Chiastic conclusion : final contrast, soul and David sinning : patterns 10 (B) and 11 -- Conclusion : David and God, Odysseus and Athene : character and moral universe.
650			_aDavid, King of Israel.Saul, King of Israel.Bible. Samuel, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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