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100			_aRichey Madadh
245			_aGoliath among the Giants: _bMonster Decapitation and Capital Display in 1 Samuel 17 and beyond
260			_aLondon: _bSAGE Publications, _cMar.2021
300			_aPages, 336-356
505			_aA Single verse near the conclusion of 1 Samuel 17 mentions that after defeating Goliath, David took the giant's severed head to Jerusalem (1Sam.17.54). The present paper argues that this text's communicating of David's Preeminence through his act of decapitation draws on the widespread understanding of heads as uniquely powerful and vulnerable, while triumph over a giant or monstrous body casts the future Israelite king as uniquely dominant over monstrous enemies at the physical extreme. Narratives o monster-combat that center an adversary's head and its subsequent display are widespread; with their corresponding visual art manifestations, to show how the biblical allusion to monstrous capital display functions socially and literarily to constitute David's power
650			_aGoliath
650			_aMedusa
650			_aSamuel
650			_aMonster
650			_aDecapitation
773	0		_026691 _936929 _dLondon: SAGE Publications, 2020 _oJOT4503 _tJournal for the Study of the Old Testament _x0309-0892
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