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Reading Samuel: A Literary and Theological Commentary (Reading the Old Testament) by Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Interpreted masterfully by pre-eminent Old Testament scholar Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos, the story of Samuel touches on a vast array of subjects that comprise the rich fabric of human life. As it happens, in this volume of the Reading the Old Testament series we view ancient Israel in the era of Samuel, Saul, and David. From parental yearning for their young to spousal and sibling relationships, these accounts entail far more than simply a recounting of the lives and circumstances of the central characters. The reader gains an inside look at royal intrigue, military campaigns, occult practices, and the significance of religious objects of veneration. Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos is the Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She holds degrees from Leiden University, The Netherlands (M.Div., M.Phil.) and Union Theological Seminary, New York (M.Phil, Ph.D.). Dr. Bos is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and engages herself with issues of justice for women and disadvantaged groups locally and in the global arena. A pioneering woman in theological teaching, she was the only woman in 1976 to rec

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Author

Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos

Published

2017

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction