The First Book of Samuel

by Peter R. Ackroyd

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521096359
• ISBN13: 9780521096355
• Release Date: September 1971
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"