The First Book of Samuel
The First Book of Samuel

Author: David Toshio Tsumura

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2007-03-15

Total Pages: 707

ISBN-13: 1467422975

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David and Goliath, the call of Samuel, the witch of Endor, David and Bathsheba — such biblical stories are well known. But the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, where they are recorded, are among the most difficult books in the Bible. The Hebrew text is widely considered corrupt and sometimes even unintelligible. The social and religious customs are strange and seem to diverge from the tradition of Moses. In this first part of an ambitious two-volume commentary on the books of Samuel, David Toshio Tsumura sheds considerable light on the background of 1 Samuel, looking carefully at the Philistine and Canaanite cultures, as he untangles the difficult Hebrew text.

Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon
Studies on the Text and Versions of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of Robert Gordon

Author: Geoffrey Khan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-10-28

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 9004217304

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These essays by outstanding international scholars in honour of Robert P. Gordon cover topics ranging from accuracy and anachronism in the books of Samuel, through the theology of Psalms, ancient near eastern historiography, to ideology, philology, grammar and linguistics in the translations and versions.