What is the role of the vineyard in the narrative

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Problem

Part I

A. How does the story open? End?
B. What is the role of the vineyard in the narrative?
C. What is the meaning of verse 8? What does "Ahab's seal" represent?
D. What do the "dogs" represent in vs 19, 23-24.
E. What elements does the narrator focus on?
F. How and why does the conversation between Naboth and Ahab get retold?

Part II

A. How are the characters described in the story? How would you describe them?
B. Who else is involved in the story? Who might be the audience of the story? Why?
C. How are statuses described, reinforced, and used to influence (verses 3-4, 8-13)?
D. What does the narrator want the reader to do? Is the narrator just concerned with the king and his family's actions?
E. What does the story have to say about the use of power? And about the implementation of justice/mercy?

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