Mobile Ed: OT321 Book Study: 1 & 2 Samuel (8 hour course - audio)

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introductory Issues

• Let’s Call It Samuel
• Composition of Samuel
• Theories of Deuteronomistic Redaction
• Samuel and the Canon
• Prophets in the Former Prophets
• Overview of Samuel
• Textual Problems in the Book of Samuel

Unit 2: Eli and His Evil Sons, Hannah and Her Righteous Son

• Working through the Text of Samuel
• Eli and Hannah
• Poetry in the Book of Samuel
• Hannah’s Prayer
• Eli’s Evil Sons and the Elide Judgment

Unit 3: The Call of Samuel and the Ark Narrative

• The Call of Samuel
• The Ark Narrative: The Ark Is Captured
• The Ark Narrative: Sending the Ark back to Israel

Unit 4: Samuel: Prophet, Priest, and Judge

• Samuel as Prophet
• Samuel as Priest
• Samuel as Judge

Unit 5: Samuel and Saul: Establishing the Monarchy

• Legitimacy, Longevity, and Legacy
• The Law of the King
• The Transition from Samuel’s Judgeship to Saul’s Kingship
• Saul’s Anointing
• Saul Is Declared King by Samuel
• Samuel’s Final Address to the People

Unit 6: The Downfall of Saul

• Saul’s Premature Sacrifice
• The Amalekites: The Divine Command to Wipe Out the Amalekites
• The Amalekites: Samuel’s Response and Saul’s Disobedience
• The Amalekites: Saul’s Confession

Unit 7: Royal Legitimation: Divine Election and Prophetic Anointing

• Divine Election
• Prophetic Anointing

Unit 8: David’s Rise

• Comparing the Sins of David and Saul, and David’s Anointing
• David and Goliath
• David and the Tel Dan Stele
• David Hunted by Saul
• David Inquires of Yawheh
• David Doesn’t Kill Saul and Nabal, but God Does
• Wise Women in Samuel: Abigail
• Wise Women in Samuel: The Woman of Tekoa and the Woman of Abel
• David and the Ark
• The Davidic Promise: Part 1
• The Davidic Promise: Part 2
• The Davidic Promise: Part 3

Unit 9: David’s Fall

• David’s Family: Murder, Rape, and Adultery: Part 1
• David’s Family: Murder, Rape, and Adultery: Part 2
• Nathan’s Parable
• David’s Family: Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom
• The Rebellion of Absalom: Part 1
• The Rebellion of Absalom: Part 2
• The Rebellion of Absalom: Part 3
• David’s Return to Jerusalem and the Rebellion of Sheba

Unit 10: The “Appendices” of Samuel and Conclusion to the Course

• The Gibeonites Are Avenged, and David’s Mighty Men
• David’s Census
• Conclusion of the Course
• David’s Song