{"product_id":"turn-of-the-cycle","title":"Turn of the Cycle","description":"\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":"Default Title","offer_id":57335488151896,"sku":"9783110181234","price":165.54,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110181234_2e9b4ddd-783b-4a75-8ce8-b32c358ed834.jpg?v=1780042536","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/turn-of-the-cycle","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}