Bibliography

Brueggemann, W. (1990). First and Second Samuel. Interpretation, A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville: John Knox.

Campbell, A. F. (1986). Of Prophets and Kings: A Late Ninth-Century Document (1 Samuel 1 - 2 Kings 10). Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 17. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America.

Cross, F. M. (1973). "The Themes of the Books of Kings and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History." In Cross (1973).

Day, J., ed. (1998). King and Messiah in Israel and the Ancient Near East. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic.

Eslinger, L. M. (1985). Kingship of God in Crisis. A Close Reading of 1 Samuel 1-12. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

Fokkelman, J. P. (1981). Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel, vol. I: King David. Assen: van Gorcum.

Frick, F. S. (1985). The Formation of the State in Ancient Israel. A Survey of Models and Theories. The Social World of Biblical Antiquity 4. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

Garsiel, Moshe (1985). The First Book of Samuel: A Literary Study. Ramat-Gan: Revivim.

Gunn, D. M. (1978). The Story of King David. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

Gunn, D. M. (1980). The Fate of King Saul: An Interpretation of a Biblical Story. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

Halpern, B. (1984). The Constitution of the Monarchy in Ancient Israel. Chico, CA: Scholars.

Halpern, B. (1988). The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History. San Francisco: Harper & Row.

Keys, G. (1996). The Wages of Sin. A Reappraisal of the 'Succession Narrative.' Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 221. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic.

Critical examination of the succession narrative hypothesis. Argues that 2 Samuel 10-20 is a self-contained document, a theological biography of the nature of punishment for the sin of David.

Miscall, P. D. (1986). 1 Samuel: A Literary Reading. Bloomington: Indiana University.

Noll, K. L. (1997). The Faces of David. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 242. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic.

A synchronic study of the book of Samuel, investigating the human dimension in the story of David.

Whitelam, K. W. (1979). The Just King: Monarchical Judicial Authority in Ancient Israel. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

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