OT321 Book Study: 1 & 2 Samuel
Overview
Explore the book of Samuel with Dr. David Lamb. Learn more about the book’s complex narrative and its role in the canon. Dig into the poetry within Samuel, as well as key themes, including wisdom, folly, obedience, the consequences of sin, and leadership.
Top Highlights
“The people of Israel said to Samuel’—I love this line—‘ ‘Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us.’ ’ What a great line! The people were telling their leader to not stop praying. This is what we need to be doing to our leaders, and as leaders, we need to be doing this, to not stop praying for the people who we are leading.” (source)
“Saul’s supposed to wait seven days at Gilgal for Samuel to come and offer sacrifices. This is going to be a big problem for Saul later. Waiting is hard. It’s a big theme in Scripture. It’s a big theme in the book of Samuel.” (source)
“There are three priorities of a successful ruler: legitimacy, longevity, and legacy” (source)
“the ark narrative; that’s 1 Sam 4–6, and then 2 Sam 6” (source)
“So what’s strange about Samuel? Well, Samuel is not the addressee; the book of Samuel is not a letter, obviously. He’s also really not the main character; he’s kind of the main character in the beginning, but then he disappears pretty much after David gets anointed in 2 Sam 16. Let’s face it, David is the main character of 1 and 2 Samuel. Then the last thing is, Samuel is not the author of 1 and 2 Samuel. How do we know? Well, he dies in 1 Sam 25:1. Although, curiously, he makes another appearance as a ghost in 1 Sam 28. It’s kind of strange, and I’ll come back to that later.” (source)
- Title: OT321 Book Study: 1 & 2 Samuel
- Author: David T. Lamb
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. 1 Samuel › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. 1 Samuel › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. 2 Samuel › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. 2 Samuel › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. 1 Samuel--Commentaries; Education › Bible. O.T. 1 Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. 2 Samuel--Commentaries; Education › Bible. O.T. 2 Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:OT321LAMB
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:58:19Z
Dr. David T. Lamb loves to teach the Bible. This passion was developed during twenty years of ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, first as a student at Stanford (BA, MS), and then on IV staff in LA and Philadelphia. Studies at Fuller (MDiv) and Oxford (MPhil, DPhil) deepened his love for the Old Testament. He has been teaching OT at Missio Seminary (formerly Biblical) since 2006. His dissertation, Righteous Jehu and his Evil Heirs was published in 2007 (Oxford). He wrote three popular books, The Emotions of God: Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves (IVP, 2022), God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist (IVP, 2011, 2022), and Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love, Old Testament Style (Zondervan, 2015). He also wrote a textbook, The Historical Writings (with Mark Leuchter, Fortress, 2016) and a commentary, 1-2 Kings (Zondervan, 2021). He is currently working on commentaries on Chronicles for Baker, and on Genesis for Lexham. He became the Allan A. MacRae Professor of Old Testament in 2016 and the Dean of the Faculty in 2017. For more information, see www.DavidTLamb.com.