Is Samuel Among the Deuteronomists?: Current Views on the Place of Samuel in a Deuteronomistic History - Paperback

by Cynthia Edenburg (Editor), Juha Pakkala (Editor)

These essays focus on why readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods found the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings to encapsulate emerging Jewish identity. The book will appeal to those interested in the socio-religious function of emerging Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods.