KING SAUL
in the
HISTORIOGRAPHY
of
JUDAH

Diana Vikander Edelman

Journal for the study of the Old Testament

Supplement Series 121

To my parents, June and Arthur Vikander

Copyright © 1991 Sheffield Academic Press

Published by JSOT Press

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Sheffield Academic Press Ltd

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Edelman, Diana Vikander

King Saul in the historiography of Judah.—(Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ISSN 0309-0787; 121)

I. Title II. Series

222.4092

ISBN 1-85075-321-0

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Structuring Devices: An Overview

Chapter 3 1 Samuel 8

Chapter 4 1 Samuel 9

Chapter 5 1 Samuel 10

Chapter 6 1 Samuel 11

Chapter 7 1 Samuel 12

Chapter 8 1 Samuel 13

Chapter 9 1 Samuel 14

Chapter 10 1 Samuel 15

Chapter 11 1 Samuel 16

Chapter 12 1 Samuel 17

Chapter 13 1 Samuel 18

Chapter 14 1 Samuel 19

Chapter 15 1 Samuel 20

Chapter 16 1 Samuel 21

Chapter 17 1 Samuel 22

Chapter 18 1 Samuel 23

Chapter 19 1 Samuel 24

Chapter 20 1 Samuel 25

Chapter 21 1 Samuel 26

Chapter 22 1 Samuel 27

Chapter 23 1 Samuel 28

Chapter 24 1 Samuel 29

Chapter 25 1 Samuel 30

Chapter 26 1 Samuel 31

Chapter 27 2 Samuel 1

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Biblical References

Index of Hebrew Words

Index of Authors

Acknowledgments

I want to express my gratitude to the American Council of Learned Societies from whom I received a Grant-in-Aid in 1984 to help fund research for a historical investigation of the Saulide era. The present volume is a spin-off from the historical project, which is still under way. I am very grateful to the Council for its support of my endeavors.

I want to thank my colleague and friend, Stuart Lasine, for reading large portions of the manuscript and offering responsive comments and suggestions. His careful scrutiny of most of the chapters has helped me to fine-tune some of my initial observations and to polish my final product.

I also want to thank my family, Lee, Will and Evvie, for their unflagging support and patience during the long writing and revision process. My son’s question, ‘Mom, will you ever be done with the computer?’, reminded me very poignantly of the degree of commitment, dedication and sacrifice that a scholarly life requires.

Finally, I want to thank Philip Davies for accepting this volume into the supplement series and expediting its publication. The final manuscript was completed in March 1990 and Phil has moved with lightning speed after assuming responsibility for the project in February, 1991. I also owe special thanks to Andrew Kirk, the assistant editor who had to reformat my bibliography and footnotes to conform to Sheffield style and who labored many hours editing the manuscript and deciphering unfamiliar American idioms and translating them into phrases that are understandable by the international English-speaking community at large.