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  1. Mixed feelings<\/span><\/em>. Besides the very human sympathy for Saul that the chapter arouses, there are also certain hints at criticism that will help the experienced reader understand why Saul deserves his fate. For instance: Saul turns to necromancy, a pagan form of sorcery that he himself outlawed. Moreover, Saul doesn\u2019t listen to God (verse 18), but he does listen to the medium (verse 22). And at the advice of the medium Saul breaks his fast with a feast, while for the merest nibble during a previous fast, Saul was willing to execute his own son Jonathan, in chapter 14.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. In disguise<\/span><\/em>. Who is Saul hiding from, in his getup? From his own people? From the Philistines? From the witch\/medium\/necromancer? From his own fears? In any event, a disguise in the Tanach is not a Purim celebration: it is either folly, in the best case scenario, or deception in the worst (see Jacob and the theft of the blessing in Genesis 27, or the Gibeonites in Joshua 9).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. In his life and also in death<\/span><\/em>. The robe that was Samuel\u2019s distinguishing feature when he was alive, is still his most distinctive feature when he rises from the world of the dead: \u201c\u2018What does he look like?\u2019\u201d he asked her. \u201c\u2018It is an old man coming up,\u2019\u201d she said, \u201c\u2018and he is wrapped in a robe.\u2019\u201d Then Saul knew that it was Samuel\u201d (verse 14).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The hostess with the mostest.<\/i> The medium offered \u201ca bit of food\u201d (Hebrew – \u201ca piece of bread\u201d, verse 22) and then \u201cThe woman had a stall-fed calf in the house; she hastily slaughtered it, and took flour and kneaded it, and baked some unleavened cakes\u201d (verse 24). 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