For For readers and study groups who want a readable commentary on Samuel by a pastor; not a technical or critical commentary.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
A section-by-section commentary on 1 and 2 Samuel for lay readers, in the Westminster Bible Companion series. His one formal commentary.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural5 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Peterson's volume on 1 and 2 Samuel in the Westminster Bible Companion series, edited by Patrick D. Miller and David L. Bartlett and published by Westminster John Knox Press in 1999. The series was written for lay readers and study groups, working through the text section by section with its meaning for the life of faith in view. It came out two years after Leap Over a Wall, his book on the life of David, and is the one formal biblical commentary he wrote.
First and Second Samuel
by Eugene H. Peterson
For For readers and study groups who want a readable commentary on Samuel by a pastor; not a technical or critical commentary.
Should I read this?
A section-by-section commentary on 1 and 2 Samuel for lay readers, in the Westminster Bible Companion series. His one formal commentary.
How it proceeds
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Peterson's volume on 1 and 2 Samuel in the Westminster Bible Companion series, edited by Patrick D. Miller and David L. Bartlett and published by Westminster John Knox Press in 1999. The series was written for lay readers and study groups, working through the text section by section with its meaning for the life of faith in view. It came out two years after Leap Over a Wall, his book on the life of David, and is the one formal biblical commentary he wrote.
Catalog ID
W.BV4YG1.S