The First Book of Samuel (Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament)

Ackroyd, Peter R.

ISBN 10: 0521096359 / ISBN 13: 9780521096355

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1971

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Book of Samuel (Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521096359
• ISBN 13: 9780521096355
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 12 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biblical Reference/Scholarship

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Synopsis

Professor Ackroyd's introduction summarizes the place of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament canon, its relationship with history and its theological purpose. The main divisions of the text are those provided by the New English Bible itself, but the text is further subdivided for the purposes of the commentary, which draws out the kind of significance indicated in the introduction. As in the series of Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the New English Bible New Testament, short passages of text and the editor's commentary are interspersed so that the reader does not have to refer to another part of the book to find the commentary. A final brief section asks what is the theological message today of this account of the beginnings of the line of David, of Samuel's role as judge and of Saul's as king.

From the Back Cover

Professor Ackroyd's introduction summarizes the place of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament canon, its relationship with history and its theological purpose.

The main divisions of the text are those provided by the New English Bible itself, but the text is further subdivided for the purposes of the commentary, which draws out the kind of significance indicated in the introduction. As in the series of Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the New English Bible New Testament, short passages of text and the editor's commentary are interspersed so that the reader does not have to refer to another part of the book to find the commentary.

A final brief section asks what is the theological message today of this account of the beginnings of the line of David, of Samuel's role as judge and Saul's as king.