A Critical And Exegetical Commentary On The Books Of Samuel

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION. i. The Title. The two books are one book in Hebrew manuscripts. The division into two was first made by the Greek translators or by the Greek copyists. As we know from classic writers, the rolls on which Greek and Latin works were written were of certain conventional sizes. Biblical books (Samuel, Kings, Chronicles) were divided into two in order to conform to this rule of the trade. The division passed over into the Latin Bible, but invaded the Hebrew copies only with the first Rabbinical Bible of Bomberg.* The original state of the case is still indicated, in editions of the Hebrew, by the Massoretic summary which gives the number of verses only at the end of the second book, thus treating the two as one. In this summary we find also the phrase Book of Samuel used, and are told that the middle verse is the one numbered by us i S. 28M. Origen is quoted by Eusebiust as affirming specifically that the first and second Books of the Kingdoms form one book among the Hebrews, and that this bears the name of Samuel. A Greek MS. also remarks at the close of i S. that Aquila. following the Hebrews does not divide but makes the two one book. Jerome in the Prologus Galeatus (printed in the authorized editions of the Vulgate) names as third in the list of the Prophets, Samuel, quern nos Regum primum et secundum dicimus. With this agrees the Talmud, which names Judges, Samuel, Kings, as though each were but a single book. Published at Venice, 1516. Cf. Ginsburg, Introduction to the MassoreticoCritical Edition of the Hebrew Bible (1897). t Hist. Eccles. VI. 23, as cited by Kl. X Field, Hexap. Orig. I. p. 543. The passage (Baba Bathra, 14a) is translated in Briggs, Biblical Study (1883), p. 175 ff., and...

Excerpt from A Critical and Exegetical Commentary: On the Books of Samuel The plan and purpose of this series of commentaries are so well illustrated by the volumes that have preceded this - the one on Deuteronomy by Professor Driver and the one on Judges by Professor Moore - that further statement would be superfluous. In preparing the present number of the series I have constantly had occasion to admire the work of these predecessors, and 1 shall be gratified if the present volume shall be found worthy of a place by the side of theirs. The historical importance of the Books of Samuel must be evident to the least attentive reader. In them we have the only sources of information concerning the origin of the monarchy in Israel. How much this implies will be seen if we suppose the names of Samuel, Saul, and David blotted out of our history of Israel. Besides the direct information which we receive from their narrative, these books throw great light upon the manners, customs, and religion of Israel, not only for the period of which they professedly treat, but also for the times in which the various authors lived and wrote. An understanding of these books is therefore a first necessity to the scholar who would correctly apprehend the history of Israel. Such an understanding is not so easy to attain as appears upon the surface. For one thing, the Hebrew text has come to us much corrupted in transmission - imperfect to a greater degree than that of any other part of the Old Testament, with perhaps one exception. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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