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David in the Desert

Tradition and Redaction in the “History of David’s Rise"
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In the course of the last two decades, both the historical reconstruction of the Iron I–Iron IIA period in Israel and Judah and the literary-historical reconstruction of the Books of Samuel have undergone major changes. With respect to the quest for the “historical David”, terms like “empire” or “Großreich” have been set aside in favor of designations like “mercenary” or “hapiru leader”, corresponding to the image of the son of Jesse presented in I Sam. At the same time, the literary-historical classification of these chapters has itself become a matter of considerable discussion. As Leonhard Rost’s theory of a source containing a “History of David’s Rise” continues to lose support, it becomes necessary to pose the question once again: Are we dealing with a once independent ‘story of David’ embracing both the HDR and the “succession narrative” are there several independent versions of an HDR to be detected, or do I Sam 16–II Sam 5* constitute a redactional bridge between older traditions about Saul on the one hand and David on the other? In either case, what parts of the material in I Sam 16-II Sam 5 are based on ancient traditions, and may therefore serve as a source for any tentative historical reconstruction? The participants in the 2018 symposium at Jena whose essays are collected in this volume engage these questions from different redaction-critical and archaeological perspectives. Together, they provide an overview of contemporary historical research on the book of First Samuel.

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Hannes Bezzel, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
Reinhard G. Kratz, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.

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    Frontmatter

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    Preface

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    Contents

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    Introduction

    1
    Hannes Bezzel and Reinhard G. Kratz
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    David in the Judean Desert

    9
    Peter Porzig
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    Saul, David und die Entstehung der Monarchie in Israel

    35
    Omer Sergi
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    The Land “from Telam on the way to Shur and on to the land of Egypt” (1 Sam 27)

    65
    Sara Kipfer
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    All the גבול of Israel (1 Sam 27:1)

    103
    Mahri Leonard-Fleckman
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    Der Mann, mit dem Gott war. Kompositions- und quellenkritische Überlegungen zur Darstellung des Aufstiegs Davids in den Samuelbüchern

    127
    Walter Dietrich
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    David and his Alter Ego in the Desert

    145
    A. Graeme Auld
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    Saul and David – Stages of Their Literary Relationship

    159
    Hannes Bezzel
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    On a Redaction Technique in 1 Sam 19:18–21:1

    181
    Ronnie Goldstein
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    David and the Priests of Nob: Collusion or Illusion?

    193
    Jeremy M. Hutton
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    David’s Flight to the King of Gath

    225
    Georg Hentschel
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    David and Achish: Remembrance of Things Past, Present, or Future?

    235
    Carl S. Ehrlich
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    David in Keïla

    249
    Reinhard Müller
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    “David is Hiding among Us”

    267
    Natan Evron
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    Wilderness, Liminality and David’s Rite of Passage

    285
    Cynthia Edenburg
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    Der Spieß wird umgedreht

    305
    Alexander A. Fischer
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    General Index

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    Index of Selected Text Passages

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eBook published on:
May 10, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9783110606164
Hardcover published on:
May 10, 2021
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110604061
Paperback published on:
December 19, 2022
Paperback ISBN:
9783111087740
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353
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110606164
eBook ISBN: 9783110606164
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110604061
Paperback ISBN: 9783111087740
Keywords for this book
Books of Samuel; David; king of Israel; Saul; king of Israel; Early Israelite Monarchy
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
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