{"product_id":"9780567667458","title":"The Reformed David(s) and the Question of Resistance to Tyranny : Reading the Bible in the 16th and 17th Centuries","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reformed David(s) and the Question of Resistance to Tyranny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nevada Levi DeLapp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study centers on the question: how do particular readers read a biblical passage? What factors govern each reading? DeLapp here attempts to set up a test case for observing how both socio-historical and textual factors play a part in how a person reads a biblical text. Using a reception-historical methodology, he surveys five Reformed authors and their readings of the David and Saul story (primarily 1 Sam 24 and 26). From this survey two interrelated phenomena emerge. First, all the authors find in David an ideal model for civic praxis-a “Davidic social imaginary” (Charles Taylor). Second, despite this primary agreement, the authors display two different reading trajectories when discussing David's relationship with Saul. Some read the story as showing a persecuted exile, who refuses to offer active resistance against a tyrannical monarch. Others read the story as exemplifying active defensive resistance against a tyrant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo account for this convergence and divergence in the readings, DeLapp argues for a two-fold conclusion. The authors are influenced both by their socio-historical contexts and by the shape of the biblical text itself. Given a Deuteronomic frame conducive to the social imaginary, the paradigmatic narratives of 1 Sam 24 and 26 offer a narrative gap never resolved. The story never makes explicit to the reader what David is doing in the wilderness in relation to King Saul. As a result, the authors fill in the “gap” in ways that accord with their own socio-historical experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“DeLapp sets out the historical and social context of his subjects of study before examining their interpretation of David's life ... [and] there are clear advantages to this approach for the reader.” -\u003ci\u003eJournal of Theological Studies \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780567667458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"T\u0026T Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40642379776206,"sku":"9780567667458","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2f0ea2a8-2c4b-4e66-aa9b-14c884a5b880.jpg?v=1639105180","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780567667458","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}