num_pages: 474
description: I Samuel is Volume 8 in the Anchor Bible series of book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. In his series debut P. Kyle McCarter Jr. has written a volume of interest and value to both the scholar and the general reader.McCarter's treatment of I Samuel consists of:Introduction: review of the literary problems and historical circumstances surrounding the writing of the book.Translation : fresh and authoritative this new translation of I Samuel fully utilizes for the first time ancient manuscript fragments found at Qumran.Textual Notes : for the scholar technical information on the texts used in the translation.Notes : for the untrained reader descriptions of people places customs and unusual features of the language.Commentary : an explanatory summary of each passage of translation.Maps : illustrating the book's dramatic events.
language: English
title: I Samuel
publisher: Doubleday