{"product_id":"9780567673589","title":"David's Capacity for Compassion : A Literary-Hermeneutical Study of 1 - 2 Samuel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDavid's Capacity for Compassion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Barbara Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book Barbara Green demonstrates how David is shown and can be  read as emerging from a young naive, whose early successes grow into a  tendency for actions of contempt and arrogance, of blindness and even  cruelty, particularly in matters of cult. However, Green also shows that  over time David moves closer to the demeanor and actions of wise  compassion, more closely aligned with God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaving aside questions of historicity as basically undecidable Green's focus in her approach to the material is on contemporary literature. Green reads the David story in order, applying seven specific tools which she names, describes and exemplifies as she interprets the text. She also uses relevant hermeneutical theory, specifically a bridge between general hermeneutics  and the specific challenges of the individual (and socially located)  reader. As  a result, Green argues that characters in the  David narrative can proffer occasions for insight, wisdom, and  compassion. Acknowledging the  unlikelihood that characters like David and his peers, steeped in patriarchy  and power, can be shown to learn and extend wise compassion, Green is careful to make explicit her reading strategies and offer space for dialogue and disagreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780567673589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"T\u0026T Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40654238744782,"sku":"9780567673589","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_bc48c88c-4bf0-47e2-a985-7acb50d7aeaf.jpg?v=1639363813","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780567673589","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}