Shaul's humility
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The Signs given to Shaul (II)
Chapter 10 (Part II)
Rabbi Amnon BazakThe story of Shaul's coronation raises a variety of difficulties: why did Shmuel use a lottery? Why is Shaul being so humble despite his knowledge that he will be chosen? Why didn't Shmuel inform Shaul of the ceremony?
A Rabbinic Reading of Shaul: The Binyaminite Hero
Rabbi Francis Nataf | 58 minutesAn analysis of the composite picture that emerges from a tribal study of Binyamin as the background to the countertextual rabbinic preference for Shaul over David. Through this study, we come to a greater appreciation of rabbinic parshanut, both methodologically as well as regarding the hierarchy of religious values that account for the difference visions of leadership held by Binyamin and Yehudah.