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The surprising election and confirmation of King David
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John Randall Short |
Some of the best-known biblical episodes are found in the story of David's rise to kingship in First and Second Samuel. Why was this series of stories included in the Bible?. An answer that has becom… |
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Judges
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Robert G. Boling |
Judges records the birth pangs of the Israelite nation. From the Conquest to the Settlement, the conflicts in this book (military, political, and religious) reveal a nascent Israel, struggling to def… |
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The book of the Judges
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Barry G. Webb |
Two basic questions control the analysis throughout. How is the text structured? What does it mean as a complex whole? The narrative world of the text is explored through analysis of plot structure, … |
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Men are from Israel, women are from Moab
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Norm Wakefield,Jody Brolsma |
"Here is a book that brings a bright and fresh perspective to an old debate. Gleaning insights from the Old Testament book of Ruth, the authors draw principles from one of the most positive and whole… |
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Walking with Nehemiah
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Joseph W. Daniels |
Walking with Nehemiah gives inspiration and practical tools, reveling the people God is asking you to encourage, the walls God is calling you to repair, the ministry you might by called to lead. Dani… |
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Josephus' interpretation of the Books of Samuel
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Michael Avioz |
"Since the seventies, no study has examined the methodologies of Josephus' rewriting of an entire biblical book as part of his Judean Antiquities. This book attempts to fill this vacuum by exploring … |
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Beginning of Politics - Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel
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Stephen Holmes,Moshe Halbertal |
1 online resource |
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Absence of God in Biblical Rape Narratives
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Leah Rediger Schulte |
1 online resource (1 PDF (viii, 165 pages).) |
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Say it again, Sam
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Grenville J. R. Kent |
This book offers a synchronic exegesis of Saul's night visit to the witch of En-dor (1 Samuel 28:3-25), focusing on the web of repetitions of visual elements, of symbols, of sounds, of entire scenes,… |
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The deuteronomic history and the book of Chronicles
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Raymond F. Person |
xii, 205 pages ; 25 cm |
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David's truth in Israel's imagination & memory
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Walter Brueggemann |
"In this completely revised edition of a true classic, Walter Brueggemann examines four different sets of David texts, both narrative and poetic. Each text reflects a particular social context, a par… |
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When Heroes Love
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Susan Ackerman |
Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, "my friend whom I loved dearly." Similarly in the Bible, David mourns his compani… |
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David's secret demons
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Baruch Halpern |
"The Bible Portrays King David as an exceptional man and a paragon of godly devotion. But was he? Some scholars deny that he existed at all. Did he? This challenging book examines the written and arc… |
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Cultivating a Life of Character
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Elizabeth George |
15 minutes a day toward becoming a woman after God's own heart. Cultivating the qualities God desires most in you. In the dark days of the Judges, God raised up men and women of character to help lea… |
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Hand me another brick
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Charles R. Swindoll |
Against incredible odds, Nehemiah motivated others to accomplish a remarkable feat -- the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. In this careful study of the biblical example of Nehemiah, Charles Swind… |
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First and Second Kings
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Richard I. McNeely |
Here at last is help for the frustrated student of 1 and 2 Kings. Who has not experienced bewilderment in trying to sort out the Divided Kingdom's many rulers who bore similar names? Moving skillfull… |
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I Chronicles (Anchor Bible Series, Vol. 12)
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Jacob M. Myers |
I Chronicles (Volume 12 in the acclaimed Anchor Bible series) is a book closely related to three other books of the so-called Chronicler's History -- II Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. I Chronicles b… |
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Text And History
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Jens Bruun Kofoed |
xiii, 298 pages : 24 cm |
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