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Antony Campbell’s valuable form-critical analysis of 1 Samuel highlights both the literary development of the text itself and its meanings for its audience. A skilled student of the Hebrew Scriptures and their ancient context, Campbell shows modern readers the process of editing and reworking that shaped 1 Samuel’s final form. As Campbell’s study reveals, the tensions and contradictions that...

B. Separation of Samuel and Saul 34–35a 1. Departure of Samuel for Ramah 34a 2. Departure of Saul for Gibeah 34b 3. Finality of the separation: Samuel’s grief over Saul 35a C. Attitude of God: regret over Saul’s kingship 35b Textual Issues 15:29 The NRSV (with LXX and 4QSama) opts for “will not recant”; McCarter, staying with MT “deceive,” notes the possible confusion of the relevant letters in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.E. (p. 264). 15:32 The word for Agag’s situation is susceptible to various
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