{"product_id":"bede-on-first-samuel-9781789620900","title":"Bede: On First Samuel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 favour in replacement for Saul.\u003c\/p\u003e  The Venerable Bede (672-735 AD), Anglo-Saxon England’s foremost interpreter of the Bible, wrote many commentaries on the Old Testament, but his treatment of 1 Samuel stands out in particular:  it is one of his longest commentaries, one of his first sustained attempts to deal with the Old Testament without support from an earlier commentary, and one of the few commentaries he wrote that can be dated precisely.  Bede sets out to read the story of 1 Samuel as full of details which demonstrate the prophetic nature of Old Testament history, an attempt that is boldly experimental in its application of the allegorical method of interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorically, the commentary is of special interest for its detailed  reference to the departure of Abbot Ceolfrith from Wearmouth-Jarrow in June 716 AD, which has allowed scholarship to firmly date the work and explore some potential links to the turbulent political scene in Northumbria that marked that decade. This English translation is the first rendering of the Latin into another language. The translation is preceded by a substantial introduction that places the work in the context of Bede’s oeuvre, discusses his sources and exegetical methods, and offers a reading of the work’s contemporary context in the light of current scholarly debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘DeGregorio and Love have produced a valuable contribution to Bede studies and studies of early medieval religion more generally, making accessible and comprehensible a work that has much to say but which would otherwise invite too few readers.’ \u003cbr\u003e James T. Palmer, \u003cem\u003e Speculum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'On First Samuel is a very welcome contribution to the Translated Texts for Historian series and to Bedan scholarship more generally. The commentary’s value as a historical source is made explicit in the authors’ outstanding introduction, and this book will appeal to a broad audience with diverse interests in early English culture, intellectual history, and historical theology.'Meredith Cutrer, \u003ci\u003eComitatus 52\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction     \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDate and Context in Bede’s Oeuvre\u003cbr\u003e1 Samuel: Canonical Context and Narrative Content\u003cbr\u003ePatristic Sources and Biblical Versions\u003cbr\u003eExegetical Method\u003cbr\u003eThe Historical Context for the Composition\u003cbr\u003eAcca of Hexham and 1 Samuel\u003cbr\u003eThemes in On First Samuel\u003cbr\u003eBede’s Latin Prose Style in On First Samuel\u003cbr\u003eEditions of On First Samuel and the Present Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn First Samuel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Headings\u003cbr\u003eBook 1\u003cbr\u003eBook 2\u003cbr\u003eBook 3\u003cbr\u003eBook 4\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Notes on Textual Emendations\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Interpolations in Book 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Sources\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Index","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020502270295,"sku":"9781789620900","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789620900.jpg?v=1750783574","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bede-on-first-samuel-9781789620900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}