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Hannah’s Desire, God’s Design: Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah is unavailable, but you can change that!

This study analyzes the biblical personage Hannah as a literary entity, to illustrate her uniquely significant place in the traditions of Israel as the mother of Samuel and thus of the reform of the priesthood, the creation of the monarchy, and the teacher of all Israel. There are three interweaving themes: first, the literary issue of the barren mother type scene; second, the theological theme...

Her family members’ lack of understanding sets the stage for the third part. It describes Hannah’s decisive visit to the shrine, where she asked for a son and vowed to dedicate him to the Lord. These actions had several conflicting implications: she looked outside her family for the support lacking within it; she took a step to achieve her social role as wife and protect her family line. But in vowing to dedicate the child to the Lord she also gave up the normal familial relationship between mother
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