Bede: On First Samuel

Book Overview

The Old Testament book 1 Samuel (known as 1 Kings in modern Bibles) contains one of the most dramatic stories in the Old Testament, with its tense narrative about Israel's first attempts to govern itself by kingship, and a cast of famous characters who drive the story -- the priest and prophet Samuel, the tragic figure of King Saul, and chiefly David himself, the youngest son of Jesse, who slays the Philistine's champion, Goliath, and gains God's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789620902
• ISBN13: 9781789620900
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 8.3"