Telling Queen Michal's story : an experiment in comparative interpretation / edited by David J.A. Clines, Tamara C. Eskenazi.

This book, an anthology of previously published writing about Michal together with some new and original essays, is something of an experiment. Its purpose is to provide reders with raw materials for developing their own reading of the Michal story. It does not offer a unified portrait of this bibli...

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Other Authors: Clines, David J. A., Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield : JSOT Press, ©1991.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 119.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Abbreviations; The Biblical Story of Michal in Hebrew and English; 'Michal Observed: An Introduction to Reading her Story'; 'Characterization and the Art of Reticence'; 'The Legal Background to the Restoration of Michal to David'; 'Characterization in Biblical Narrative: David's Wives'; 'Michal in the Books of Samuel'; 'The Fortune of King David/The Fate of Queen Michal: A Literary Critical Analysis of 2 Samuel 1-8'; '2 Samuel 6'; 'X, X ben Y: Personal Names in Hebrew Narrative Style'; 'The Story of Michal, Wife of David, in its Sequential Unfolding'