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Informationen zum Autor Hillel I. Millgram, ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, lives in Israel. He combines research and writing with teaching graduate courses in the Bible. Klappentext This book, Volume II of II, presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken as a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a century of change, this book contends that, at a deeper level, Samuel is a profound appraisal of the appeal and limitations of power. Zusammenfassung This book! Volume II of II! presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel. Usually taken as a socio-political history of ancient Israel during a century of change! this book contends that! at a deeper level! Samuel is a profound appraisal of the appeal and limitations of power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 List of Maps Chapter 2 Foreword and Acknowledgements Chapter 3 THE ROAD TO SAMUEL Chapter 4 PROLOGUE: Breakthrough: A Woman Re-evaluates a Man's World Chapter 5 ACT ONE: THE PROPHET Chapter 6 1. The Fall of the House of Eli Chapter 7 2. In the Still of the Night Chapter 8 3. Catastrophe - Excursus I: Israel in Canaan: How Did They Get There? Chapter 9 4. Odyssey: The Wanderings of the Lost Ark - Excursus II: How They Lived in Those Days Chapter 10 5. The Road Not Taken - Excursus III: The Problem of the Historian: How Did She Know? Chapter 11 ACT TWO: THE PROPHET AND THE KING Chapter 12 6. The Coming of the King: The Anointing Chapter 13 7. The Coming of the King: The Proving - Excursus IV: In What Sort of Houses Did Samuel and Saul Live? Chapter 14 8. The Coming of the King: The Second War of Independence Chapter 15 9. The Prophet Armed Chapter 16 ACT THREE: THE KING AND THE UPSTART Chapter 17 10. The Boy from Bethlehem Chapter 18 11. The Minefield Chapter 19 12. The Fugitive Chapter 20 13. The Wilderness Years: The Outlaw Chapter 21 14. The Wilderness Years: Search and Destroy - Excursus V: David in the Wilderness Chapter 22 15. The Wilderness Years: Abigail - Excursus VI: Why is There So Much Drinking Going On in the Bible? Chapter 23 16. The Wilderness Years: The Dramatist Chapter 24 17. Bitter Bread: In the Service of the Enemy Chapter 25 18. On a Darkling Plain...
