“Hast Thou Found Me, O Mine Enemy?” (1 Kgs 21:20)

The term resistance has recently been used by a wide variety of people and groups with very different aims who use very different means for achieving them. In general, speaking of resistance always serves to legitimize ones own actions and to enhance ones own cause. Based on a close reading of the story about Naboths vineyard (1 Kgs 21) as a resistance story, this article attempts to establish criteria for a theologically appropriate use of the term resistance.