1 and 2 Samuel: An Introduction And Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary) - Softcover

Long, V Philips

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783599502 ISBN 13: 9781783599509

Publisher: IVP, 2020

Synopsis

The stories of Samuel, Saul and David are among the most memorable in the Old Testament. Yet the lives of these individuals are bound up in the larger story of God's purpose for his people. V. Philips Long explores the meaning of the biblical history of Israel's vital transition from a confederation of tribes to nationhood under a king. He shows how attending to the books of Samuel repays their readers richly in terms of literary appreciation, historical knowledge and theological grounding.

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About the Author

Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Regent College, Vancouver. Ordained teaching elder in the PCA. His books include The Reign and Rejection of King Saul: A Case for Literary and Theological Coherence; The Art of Biblical History; the edited volumes Israel's Past in Present Research and Windows into Old Testament History; the co-authored work, A Biblical History of Israel; and 1 and 2 Samuel in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary. He is the author of a number of scholarly and more popular articles, commentary notes and reviews, and has served on a variety of translation projects (NLT, ESV, Message).

From the Back Cover

TOTC
Series Editor: David G. Firth
Consulting Editor: Tremper Longman III [initial caps and small caps as per standard template]

These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new Old Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment and Meaning. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

1 AND 2 SAMUEL
The stories of Samuel, Saul and David are among the most memorable in the Old Testament. Yet the lives of these individuals are bound up in the larger story of God's purpose for his people. V. Philips Long explores the meaning of the biblical history of Israel's vital transition from a confederation of tribes to nationhood under a king. He shows how attending to the books of Samuel repays their readers richly in terms of literary appreciation, historical knowledge and theological grounding.

V. Philips Long is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Regent College, Vancouver. His publications include The Reign and Rejection of King Saul, The Art of Biblical History, A Biblical History of Israel (co-author) and 1 and 2 Samuel in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783599502
• ISBN 13: 9781783599509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 516