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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...

in these two Samuel volumes the subhead Meaning is used here in place of Intention” (p. 6). As always, the editors acknowledge with appreciation the cooperation of the Eerdmans Publishing Company and their association with the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity at the Claremont Graduate University. ROLF P. KNIERIM MARVIN A. SWEENEY AUTHOR’S PREFACE The invitation to contribute 1–2 Samuel within this series, The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, was accepted long ago in 1976, following
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