{"product_id":"the-turn-of-the-cycle-1-samuel-1-8-in-synchronic-and-diachronic-perspectives-9783110181234","title":"The Turn of the Cycle: 1 Samuel 1-8 in Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Serge Frolov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe monograph produces a new interpretation of the opening chapter of 1 Samuel by combining several hermeneutical models, including the theory of chaotic (dynamically unstable) systems and the most recent, essentially post-modern, form criticism, to produce a new interpretation of the opening chapters of 1 Samuel. It argues that 1 Samuel 1-8 is an integral literary unit whose stance on such pivotal issues as monarchy and cultic centralization poorly agrees with that of the balance of Deuteronomy - Kings. In the diachronic perspective, this unit can be construed as a post-Deuteronomistic redactional interpolation polemically directed against several planks of the Deuteronomic\/Deuteronomistic agenda. In the synchronic perspective, the pattern of relationship between 1 Samuel 1-8 and the balance of Genesis - Kings calls for a non-linear, multi-dimensional reading of the corpus. Both interpretational trajectories lead to the conclusion that the thrust of the Former Prophets in its final form is controlled to a considerable extent by non-Deuteronomistic elements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47588275159191,"sku":"9783110181234","price":16117.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783110181234.webp?v=1774967572","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-turn-of-the-cycle-1-samuel-1-8-in-synchronic-and-diachronic-perspectives-9783110181234","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}