Acknowledgments |
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9 | (1) |
Abbreviations |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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The Story of Saul as History and as Literature |
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11 | (6) |
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Literary Theory and Methodology |
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17 | (5) |
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The Intertextual Perspective |
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22 | (3) |
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The Story of Saul as Tragedy |
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25 | (7) |
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32 | (4) |
Face I Saul in 1 Samuel |
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To Every Bad There is a Worse: The Mechanics of Biblical Tragedy |
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36 | (41) |
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36 | (4) |
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Overview of the Tragic Vision |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (9) |
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53 | (22) |
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Saul Becomes King (10.1--16 and 10.17--27) |
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55 | (1) |
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Saul Goes to Gilgal (11.5 and 13.4) |
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56 | (1) |
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Saul's Errors (13.8--15 and 15.1--34) |
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57 | (3) |
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Saul's Two Daughters (18.17--19 and 18.20--29) |
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60 | (2) |
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Saul's Attacks on David and Jonathan (18.10, 19.9 and 20.33) |
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62 | (2) |
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Is Saul also among the Prophets? (10.11 and 19.24) |
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64 | (2) |
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Letting David Go (19.17 and 20.29) |
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66 | (2) |
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The Women's Song (18.7; 18.8--9 and 21.12 [ ET 21.11]; 29.5) |
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68 | (2) |
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The Tearing of the Robe (15.27 and 24.5 [ ET 24.4]) |
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70 | (1) |
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Saul Falls into David's hands (24.1--22 and 26.1--25) |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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An Unsympathetic First Cause: Divine Ambivalence in Biblical Tragedy |
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77 | (37) |
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77 | (1) |
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Overview of Divine Ambivalence |
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77 | (6) |
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83 | (23) |
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84 | (1) |
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Yhwh Feels Rejected (8.7--9) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Yhwh tells Samuel to Expect the Future King (9.16) |
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85 | (1) |
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Jonathan Attacks the Philistine Garrison (14.8--15) |
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85 | (1) |
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The Commandment to Annihilate the Amalekites (15.2--3) |
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86 | (1) |
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Yhwh's Repentance (15.11) |
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86 | (3) |
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God Sends Samuel to Bethlehem (16.1) |
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89 | (1) |
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Yhwh Looks at Men's Hearts and has David Anointed (16.7, 12) |
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90 | (1) |
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God does not Give David into Saul's Hand (23.14) |
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91 | (1) |
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Saul and His Men Sleep through David's Infiltration (26.12) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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God Answers Saul with Silence but Chooses Jonathan in the Lot (14.37, 41--42) |
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92 | (3) |
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Yhwh Answers David's Inquiries (23.2--4) |
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95 | (1) |
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Yhwh Answers Further Inquiries (23.9--12) |
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96 | (1) |
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Yhwh Will not Answer Saul (28.6) |
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97 | (1) |
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Samuel Answers Saul (28.17) |
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97 | (2) |
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Yhwh Answers David's Inquiries (30.8) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (7) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (4) |
Face II Saul in Lamartine's Saul |
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If All Were Only Vanity: Striving After the Biblical Plot |
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114 | (34) |
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114 | (4) |
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118 | (12) |
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Abner's Political Influence |
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119 | (4) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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Saul's Dialogues with Jonathas |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (16) |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (3) |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (7) |
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146 | (2) |
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Once Victim, Always Victim: Blind Insanity and Conflict with the Divine |
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148 | (32) |
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148 | (1) |
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Thematic Schemes and Stylistic Devices |
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149 | (13) |
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Darkness, Blindness and Hiddenness |
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149 | (6) |
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Revelation and Recognition |
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155 | (3) |
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Nature Symbolism and Remembrance |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (13) |
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163 | (9) |
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172 | (3) |
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175 | (5) |
Face III Henchard in Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge |
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That no Man Remember Me: The Character of Hardy's Tragic Vision |
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180 | (37) |
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180 | (1) |
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The Present State of Scholarship |
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181 | (7) |
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188 | (6) |
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194 | (22) |
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195 | (9) |
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204 | (4) |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (1) |
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The Paternal Relationship |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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The Solid, Inexorable Hand of Indifference: Ambivalence and Absence |
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217 | (34) |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (12) |
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230 | (18) |
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Fate and Parallels of Plot |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (4) |
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The Divine and the Supernatural |
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238 | (9) |
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The Significance for an Intertextual Reading |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (3) |
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251 | (14) |
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257 | (1) |
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Methodological Considerations |
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258 | (2) |
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Limitations of this Approach and Areas for Further Research |
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260 | (3) |
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263 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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265 | (6) |
Index of References |
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271 | (4) |
Index of Authors |
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