1 Samuel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible | BTC)
Overview
In this commentary, Francesca Murphy offers a theological exegesis of 1 Samuel. Her entertaining commentary makes the complicated narrative and theology of 1 Samuel more understandable. With the use of theological findings from theologians and ancient texts throughout the centuries, the richness of the text opens our eyes to the deeper spiritual lessons in this history book.
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- Contains an in-depth introduction
- Offers theological analysis of Scripture
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Top Highlights
“For David, the question is not how much, for killing him, but who does he think he is, to challenge God’s army? Like Jonathan, David imagines the circumstance theologically rather than materially, and this enables him to see the empirical facts better than those who look at the facts on the ground.” (Page 177)
“Eliab’s honor is wounded that David should witness his older brothers as partners to a defeated army. We were shown the layout, then we saw it again through David’s eyes, and now we see Eliab reacting to being caught out in this mess by his younger brother. The theme is seeing and being seen by.” (Page 177)
“The proposed single combat does not so much replace the battle between the two forces as it symbolizes its outcome: the victory of either man will be a sign to one army that their gods prevail. And Israel has been designated, not as ‘the people of Yahweh,’ but as the ‘servants to Saul.’” (Page 176)
“Augustine gave a cue to this way of imagining when he conceived Regum not only as a history of the Israelite monarchy, but also as a prophecy of the kingdom of God.” (Page xix)
“This is the God who brings the dead to life. This is the God whose might is his mercy, the Father of Jesus Christ.” (Page 182)
Murphy is at her perceptive and witty best in 1 Samuel. Her truly remarkable breadth of reading, awareness of the ambiguity of both power and vision, love of scripture, and sense of what the church is about today make this a powerful and relevant contribution.
—Iain Torrance, president, Princeton Theological Seminary
[Francesca Murphy] pays fastidious attention to the theological readings passed down to us throughout the centuries, from Origen to von Balthasar. She does not discard the modern hermeneutic; rather, she uses it in the service of doing faithful theology for our time.
—David Fitch, B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology, Northern Seminary
- Title: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible: 1 Samuel
- Author: Francesca Aran Murphy
- Editor: R. R. Reno
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 320