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I Samuel

P. Kyle McCarter Jr.

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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

Pages: 474

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Anchor Bible

Release: December 11, 1979

ISBN: 0385067607

ISBN 13: 9780385067607

I Samuel

P. Kyle McCarter Jr.

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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

Pages: 474

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Anchor Bible

Release: December 11, 1979

ISBN: 0385067607

ISBN 13: 9780385067607

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