King Saul's Asking

by Barbara Green and Barbara Green OP

Book Overview

Who should lead us? Who should we, as a community, look to for guidance? These questions, as old as humankind, followed the Israelite community upon their return from the Exile: Should they return with Davidic kingship or without it? Their answer was King Saul. Reading Israel's first king as a riddle or the epitome of Israel's experience with kingship, King Saul's Asking explores the characterization of the figure Saul, the question of the apparent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814651097
• ISBN13: 9780814651094
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 129 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"