1 & 2 Samuel (Biblia.com)

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Gordon clearly and engagingly unpacks the complex issues in 1 & 2 Samuel, such as the deuteronomistic history, the Shiloh tradition, the Ark narrative, the rise of the monarchy, the reign of Saul, the story of David, the Davidic covenant, the Succession narrative and the Samuel appendix. A first-rate guide for students, with annotated bibliographies and indexes.

proper degree of exactitude. Since, however, 1 Samuel 4–6 forms what is, by any reasonable criterion, a coherent unit of tradition, the following discussion of theme should retain its value regardless of the source-critical question. 2. Theme The background to the Israelites’ double discomfiture at Ebenezer is the struggle for Lebensraum which was waged between the Israelites and the Philistines in the early Iron Age, and which erupted in episodic fits until David’s comprehensive victories in the

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