Politics · 18 · Hannah and Samuel
Israel as indigenous, oppressed
The Palace History presents Israel as native to the hill country, oppressed by Philistines to the west and Ammonites to the east, until Saul and David save them.
Kings as liberators.
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Its founding moment is royal deliverance, not a divine exodus.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 287–288
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