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Languages : en
Pages : 120
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The Sacred Books of the Old Testament...: The books of Samuel
Author: The sacred Books of the Old Testament
Author: Karl BuddeThe First Book of Samuel
Author: P. R. AckroydPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521096355
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The New English Bible translation, with introductory material and commentaries.
The sacred books of the Old Testament
Author: Holman Old Testament Commentary - 1, 2 Samuel
Author: Stephen J. AndrewsPublisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433669226
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
No other reference series gets to the heart of the Old Testament as efficiently as the Holman Old Testament Commentary. When a reader’s time allows, the series offers a detailed interpretation based on the popular New International Version text. When time is short, it delivers an essential understanding of the Old Testament with unsurpassed clarity and convenience. 1,2 Samuel is the final volume in the 32-book Old and New Testament series and insightfully magnifies the grace of God that is greater than all our sin through the story of David who, despite his failings, would become a man after God’s own heart and the model for all future kings.
1, 2 Samuel
Author: Robert D. BergenPublisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433675536
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include:* commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION;* the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary;* sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages;* interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole;* readable and applicable exposition.
The Beginning of Politics
Author: Moshe HalbertalPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691191689
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was also an uncannily astute observer of political life and the moral compromises and contradictions that the struggle for power inevitably entails. The Beginning of Politics mines the story of Israel's first two kings to unearth a natural history of power, providing a forceful new reading of what is arguably the first and greatest work of Western political thought. Moshe Halbertal and Stephen Holmes show how the beautifully crafted narratives of Saul and David cut to the core of politics, exploring themes that resonate wherever political power is at stake. Through stories such as Saul's madness, David's murder of Uriah, the rape of Tamar, and the rebellion of Absalom, the book's author deepens our understanding not only of the necessity of sovereign rule but also of its costs--to the people it is intended to protect and to those who wield it. What emerges from the meticulous analysis of these narratives includes such themes as the corrosive grip of power on those who hold and compete for power; the ways in which political violence unleashed by the sovereign on his own subjects is rooted in the paranoia of the isolated ruler and the deniability fostered by hierarchical action through proxies; and the intensity with which the tragic conflict between political loyalty and family loyalty explodes when the ruler's bloodline is made into the guarantor of the all-important continuity of sovereign power.--
The Second Book of Samuel
Author: Peter R. AckroydPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521097543
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The New English Bible translation of the text, with an introduction and commentary.
The sacred Books of the Old Testament
Author: Karl BuddeI & II Samuel
Author: David F. PaynePublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664245733
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The books of Samuel present a drama in which the principal players are the God of Israel, the prophet Samuel, and the first kings of Israel, Saul and David. In his masterful commentary David F. Payne shows that this Old Testament book combines history and theology as it narrates Samuel's virtues, Saul's defeats, and David's successes in relation to God's activities during an important phase in the life of Israel. Carrying forward brilliantly the pattern established by Barclay's New Testament series, the Daily Study Bible has been extended to cover the entire Old Testament as well. Invaluable for individual devotional study, for group discussion, and for classroom use, the Daily Study Bible provides a useful, reliable, and eminently readable way to discover what the Scriptures were saying then and what God is saying today.