1 Samuel Explained (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Ascent Press Co., 2026

197288509X / 9781972885093

Serie: Libro 14 di 23 - The Bible for Modern Life Series

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Paperback. 1 Samuel is the hinge on which Israel's history turns. It tells the story of how a loose confederation of tribes, led by intermittent judges, became a monarchy-and how ambivalent that transformation was. When the people demand a king "like all the other nations," God grants the request even as he names it a rejection of his own rule, then works through the very institution to carry his promises forward. No book in Scripture wrestles more directly with the meaning and the danger of human power.This volume guides readers through the book's distinctive architecture: the overlapping lives of Eli, Samuel, Saul, and David, in which each figure rises as the one before him falls. It traces the birth of Israel's monarchy, the emergence of the prophetic office, and the Bible's first fully drawn tragedy in the slow unraveling of Saul-a gifted man undone by insecurity and disobedience.The book opens with Hannah's song of reversal, in which the proud are brought low and the lowly lifted up, and shows how the entire narrative dramatizes that theme. From the boy Samuel hearing his name in the night, to David facing Goliath, to Saul's desperate visit to the medium at Endor, the familiar episodes are set within the larger argument the book is making about leadership, obedience, and the gap between outward appearance and the condition of the heart.Rather than examining every verse, 1 Samuel Explained focuses on the larger patterns: The historical world that produced the text The themes that run throughout the narrative The structure that organizes the whole The ways the book continues to speak to questions of power, authority, and faithfulness todayWritten for thoughtful readers, students, and study groups, this guide offers the orientation needed to engage one of Scripture's richest narratives with the understanding it deserves-and to discover why its questions remain as urgent now as when they were first written.Part of The Bible for Modern Life series-an ongoing collection that explores the meaning, historical setting, and message of individual books of Scripture, one book at a time. 1 Samuel tells how Israel became a monarchy. Through the rising and falling lives of Eli, Samuel, Saul, and David, it explores power, obedience, and the gap between outward appearance and the heart. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
1 Samuel Explained (Paperback)
Autore
Samuel Whitaker
Editore
Ascent Press Co.
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
197288509X
ISBN 13
9781972885093
Serie
Libro 14 di 23: The Bible for Modern Life Series

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