{"product_id":"9783110181234","title":"The Turn of the Cycle: 1 Samuel 1-8 in Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives","description":"The 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.","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035010121968,"sku":"9783110181234","price":196.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783110181234_p0.jpg?v=1763714376","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783110181234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}