1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone

by Goldingay, John

• ISBN13: 9780664233792
• ISBN10: 0664233791
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-16
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Following on the heels of the successful New Testament for Everyone commentaries by N. T. Wright, John Goldingay, an internationally respected Old Testament scholar, authors this ambitious Old Testament for Everyone series. Covering Scripture from Genesis to Malachi, Goldingay addresses the texts in such a way that even the most challenging passages are explained simply. Perfect for daily devotions, Sunday school preparation, or brief visits with the Bible, the Old Testament for Everyone series is an excellent resource for the modern reader.

Author Biography

John Goldingay is David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is an international authority on the Old Testament.

Table of Contents

Maps	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
1 Samuel 1:1-8: How Not to Display Accurate Empathy I	p. 5
1 Samuel 1:9-11: Sour Hour of Prayer	p. 8
1 Samuel 1:12-19a: How Not to Display Accurate Empathy II	p. 12
1 Samuel 1:19b-24: It Takes a Miracle	p. 16
1 Samuel 1:25-2:10: On Giving Up Your Son	p. 20
1 Samuel 2:11-36: When Ministers Indulge Themselves	p. 25
1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a: A Summons, Not a Call	p. 29
1 Samuel 4:1b-22: The Splendor is Gone	p. 33
1 Samuel 5:1-7:1: You Can't Mess with the Covenant Chest	p. 37
1 Samuel 7:2-14: As Far as This Yahweh has Helped Us	p. 40
1 Samuel 7:15-8:20: Appoint Us a King	p. 44
1 Samuel 8:21-9:27: How Saul Lost Some Donkeys and Found More than He Bargained For	p. 48
1 Samuel 10:1-16: Is Saul among the Prophets, Too?	p. 53
1 Samuel 10:17-11:13: How Not to Evade the Draft	p. 56
1 Samuel 11:14-12:25: Far Be It from Me to Sin by Not Praying for You	p. 61
1 Samuel 13:1-22: When the King Has to Take Decisive Action	p. 65
1 Samuel 13:23-14:52: The Fog of War	p. 69
1 Samuel 15:1-33: When the King isn't Tough Enough	p. 73
1 Samuel 15:34-16:23: Yahweh's Good Spirit and Yahweh's Bad Spirit	p. 77
1 Samuel 17:1-54: How to Recycle Your Killer Instinct	p. 81
1 Samuel 17:55-18:16: How to Be a Dysfunctional Royal Family	p. 85
1 Samuel 18:17-19:24: Everyone is against Me	p. 89
1 Samuel 20:1-21:16: Friendship	p. 93
1 Samuel 22:1-23:24: David on the Run	p. 97
1 Samuel 24:1-25:44: Fool by Name and Fool by Nature	p. 101
1 Samuel 26:1-28:2: Who Can Lay Hands on Yahweh's Anointed and Get Away with It?	p. 104
1 Samuel 28:3-29:11: What Do You Do When You're Desperate?	p. 108
1 Samuel 30:1-31:13: A Last Act of Loyalty to Saul	p. 112
2 Samuel 1:1-2:31: How are the Mighty Fallen	p. 116
2 Samuel 3:1-4:12: The Struggle for Power	p. 120
2 Samuel 5:1-25: On Following Up Your Good Ideas but Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously	p. 124
2 Samuel 6:1-23: Little Things Can Have Terrible Consequences and Foreshadow Tragedy	p. 128
2 Samuel 7:1-29: A House and a Household	p. 132
2 Samuel 8:1-10:19: The Peak of David's Achievement	p. 136
2 Samuel 11:1-27: But the Thing David Had Done was Displeasing in Yahweh's Eyes	p. 139
2 Samuel 12:1-15a: The Man Who Has Learned How to Be a Prophet	p. 143
2 Samuel 12:15b-13:14: The Price the Family Begins to Pay	p. 147
2 Samuel 13:15-14:24: The Grief of a Sister and the Strife between Brothers	p. 151
2 Samuel 14:25-16:23: Absalom's Coup	p. 155
2 Samuel 17:1-19:40: Wise Advice Treated as Folly	p. 158
2 Samuel 19:41-21:22: Leaderly Calculation and Mother Love	p. 162
2 Samuel 22:1-20: The God of the Storm	p. 166
2 Samuel 22:21-51: I Have Kept Yahweh's Ways?	p. 169
2 Samuel 23:1-38: The Last Words of David	p. 173
2 Samuel 24:1-16a: I Would Rather Fall into God's Hands Than into Human Hands	p. 178
2 Samuel 24:16b-25: I Will Not Offer Worship That Costs Me Nothing	p. 182
Glossary	p. 187
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