How Are the Mighty Fallen?: A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 Samuel

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Introduction 1. The Deuteronomistic History and Historian 2. Introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin 3. Biblical Spirituality: Situated and Transformative Reading Chapter 1 'A Different Clay': Genre Considerations And 1 Samuel 1-3 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Genre 3. Biblical Genre Considerations 4. Polzin on Genre 5. Bakhtin on Utterance 6. My Procedure 7. Exposition of Text: A Performance in Two Acts 8. Conclusions Chapter 2 Looking Lethal: Chronotopic Representation Of The Ark (1 Samuel 4-7) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Chronotope 3. Polzin's Contribution 4. My Procedure and Thesis 5. Exposition of Text 6. Conclusions Chapter 3 Saul's Skin: The Authoring Of A King And Hero (1 Samuel 8-12) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Authoring 3. Poizin's Contribution 4. Authoring a King(ship) 5. Summary and Conclusions Chapter 4 Incapacity For Answerability: The Firing Of King Saul (1 Samuel 13-15) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Answerability 3. Polzin's Contribution 4. Setting Saul's Answerability 5. Exposition of Text 6. Conclusions Chapter 5 At The Edge: Saul's Discourses Of Desire (1 Samuel 16-19) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Discourse 3. Bakhtin on Polyphony 4. Polzin's Contribution 5. My Plan 6. Exposition of Text 7. Conclusions Chapter 6 'Only I Am Left To Tell The Tale': Pursuit And Escape, Surplus And Survival (1 Samuel 20-23) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Surplus of Seeing 3. Polzin's Contribution 4. My Thesis 5. Exposition of Text 6. Conclusions Chapter 7 Slung From The Hollow Of A Sling: Loophole Language And The Stalking Of Saul (1 Samuel 24-26) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Loophole 3. Polzin's Contribution 4. My Procedure and Thesis 5. Exposition of Text 6. Conclusions Chapter 8 How The Mighty Fell: The Death Of King Saul And The Architectonics Of His Characterization (1 Samuel 27-2 Samuel 1) 1. Point of Entry 2. Bakhtin on Architectonics 3. Polzin's Contribution 4. My Procedure and Thesis 5. Exposition of Text 6. Conclusions A Conclusion 1. Preliminary Considerations 2. God-Linked Discourse in 1 Samuel 3. How Are the Mighty Fallen? 4. 'How Can This Help Us?'

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