Professor Ackroyd's introduction summarizes the place of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament canon, its relationship with history and its theological purpose. The main divisions of the text are those provided by the New English Bible itself, but the text is further subdivided for the purposes of the commentary, which draws out the kind of significance indicated in the introduction. As in the series of Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the New English Bible New Testament, short passages of text and the editor's commentary are interspersed so that the reader does not have to refer to another part of the book to find the commentary. A final brief section asks what is the theological message today of this account of the beginnings of the line of David, of Samuel's role as judge and of Saul's as king.
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Summarizes the place of this book in the Old Testament canon, its relationship with history and its theological purpose. A final brief section considers the theological message today of this account of the beginnings of the line of David. -- Book Description
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Summarizes the place of this book in the Old Testament canon, its relationship with history and its theological purpose. A final brief section considers the theological message today of this account of the beginnings of the line of David.
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This book tells a story which begins with the birth of a man named Samuel and ends with the death of a king named Saul. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prophetic rapture, gold rats, sacred bread, anointed king, priestly line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Ark of God, God of Israel, Israel's God, Doeg the Edomite, Mount Gilboa, New Testament, Dead Sea, Jesse of Bethlehem, Vale of Elah, High God New!
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- Living World of the Old Testament by Anderson in Back Matter
- Against Apion by Flavius Josephus in Front Matter
- The Old Testament: An Introduction by Otto Eissfeldt in Front Matter
- The Jewish War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus in Front Matter
- When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David (Gender, Theory, and Religion) by Susan Ackerman on 4 pages
- The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by Marc Zvi Brettler on page 89, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by Marc Zvi Brettler on page 89, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Turn Of The Cycle: 1 Samuel 1-8 In Synchronic And Diachronic Perspectives (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft) by Serge Frolov on page 61, and Back Matter
- Le Songe Et LA Parole: Etude Sur Le Reve Et Sa Fonction Dans L'Ancien Israel (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft) (French Edition) by Jean-Marie Husser on page 147, and Back Matter
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