Saul's Demise, David's Lament, and Custer's Last Stand

Many readers, beginning with Josephus (Ant. 6.4.343-50), perceive the death of Saul as narrated in 1 Sam. 31 (1 Chron. 10).1-6 to be heroic or otherwise ennobling, a courageous but doomed 'last stand' in defense of his people. P.K. McCarter in par ticular finds this characterization also i...

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Main Author: Barrick, W. Boyd (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 1997
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 1997, Volume: 22, Issue: 73, Pages: 25-41
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