Title: Samuel and the Shaping of Tradition
            
                Biblical Refigurations
Description: Samuel stands out in many important biblical texts as the figure who facilitated ancient Israel's transition from a tribal league to a monarchic state. On the surface of the text, this transition appears clear and linear, as does Samuel's role in bringing Israel together as a nation and selecting its first kings. Beneath this surface, however, is a far more complicated network of memories, sources and agendas, each presenting a very different picture of Samuel and his social, religious and ideological function. In some sources, Samuel serves as a symbol of Israel's developing priesthood and it.
Subjects: Historiography, Criticism, interpretation, Bible, Hermeneutics, Samuel (biblical judge), Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books, Bible, historiography, Bible, hermeneutics