A New Interpretation of the "King Saul" in the Hebrew Bible

Abstract

The book of Samuel focuses on the specific situation of the birth of the monarchy in Israel, as well as the dramatic fate of king Saul's ups and downs. Saul was the first king of Israel, but there are many doubts on the reason why he was deposed. The existence of this text syndrome drives readers to explore the social and historical context and ideological conflicts behind the text. The bible is a cultural text with multiple attributes, which determines its indescribable rich connotations. However, this kind of multi-text characteristic makes the conclusion drawn from a certain position have relativity and uncertainty. Marxism and similar critical approaches advocate the interpretation of the bible from the perspective of ideology, which provides a research method for exploring the hidden ideological factors in the bible text.