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1 & 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Study Guide - A Kingdom Comes (Paperback)
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1 & 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Study Guide - A Kingdom Comes (Paperback)
Series: T&T Clark's Study Guides to the Old Testament
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Scholarly study of Samuel continues to wrestle with how we
interpret this pivotal text. Even such basic matters as the
question of what kind of literature it is remain unresolved while
older questions such as the nature of its text and sources are
debated anew in the light of material from Qumran and of current
approaches to Hebrew narrative. Recognizing the importance of
questions such as these, David Firth explores and introduces fresh
ways of reading Samuel as a unified and yet complex text, which
displays high levels both of literary artistry and of theological
commitment. Although some stories in the books of Samuel are well
known, and in the case of David and Goliath even proverbial, much
of the content of these books is strange to modern readers. It is a
story about a woman wanting a child, for example, that relates the
beginnings of monarchy within Israel. Even the question of the
monarchy is problematic, for we are introduced to not one royal
family but two-those of Saul and David. David is ultimately shown
to be the king chosen by God, yet by the end of the book he is only
just managing to hold on to the kingdom as it is nearly torn from
him by rivalries within his family. These arresting stories are
perplexing, for Samuel's writers seldom tell us how to read and
interpret them. Firth presents these complex and fascinating
stories as part of a bigger picture, enabling students to chart
their way through the literary and historical issues of the Samuel
narrative. Firth addresses issues of historicity, sources, date and
authorship, as well as -- crucially -- appreciating the text as a
literary whole.
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