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‘SAUL’S ENTHRONEMENT: A POPULAR CHOICE, A PROPHETIC COUP, OR A PERSONALITY CULT?’ Evaluate the evidence in 1 Samuel 8-12 in the light of current theories of state formation in Ancient Israel.
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HISTORY OF ISRAEL 'SAUL'S ENTHRONEMENT: A POPULAR CHOICE, A PROPHETIC COUP, OR A PERSONALITY CULT?' Evaluate the evidence in 1 Samuel 8-12 in the light of current theories of state formation in Ancient Israel. The content of I Samuel 8-12 outline Saul the first king of Israel's rise to power, and as B.C. Birch points out 1 Samuel especially chapters 8-12 are crucial in any attempt to understand the development of the Israelite kingship, as this is practically the only written source recording the transformation from tribal league to a monarchy.1 However, the accounts within these chapters are inconsistent making any attempt to understand the emergence of the monarchy troublesome, as differing interpretations can be attributed to it. When evaluated in the light of theories of state formation these accounts on the whole are inconsistent with what is known about the complex processes of state formation through archeology and anthrolology. Although, in a...
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