answer the question of the unity of that Testament, for it has no focal point such as is found in the New.10 The present author rejects von Rad’s suggestion that there is no focal point from which the rest of the material flows. Though Eichrodt’s concept of the covenant could be debated in the wisdom sections of the Old Testament, it has found wide acceptance in the historical and prophetic portions of the Old Testament. Certainly in Samuel’s theology the covenant forms the basis of all theological