Tragedy and biblical narrative : arrows of the Almighty

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Tragedy and biblical narrative : arrows of the Almighty

Title remainder

arrows of the Almighty

Statement of responsibility

J. Cheryl Exum

Creator

• Exum, J. Cheryl

Subject

• Bible, Old Testament -- History of Biblical events
• Narration in the Bible
• Tragic, The, in the Bible

Language

eng

Summary

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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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries