I Samuel (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 8)

I Samuel is Volume 8 in the??Anchor Bible series of new, book-by book??translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. In??his series debut, P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., has??written a volume of interest and value to both the??scholar and the general??reader.

McCarter's treatment of I Samuel??consists??of:

Introduction : review of the literary problems and??historical circumstances surrounding the writing of??the??book.

Translation : fresh and authoratative, this new??translation of I Samuel fully utilizes??for the first time ancient manuscript fragments??found at Qumran.

Textual??Notes : for the scholar, technical??information on the texts used in the??translation.

Notes : for the untrained??reader, descriptions of people, places, customs,??and unusual features of the??language.

Commentary : an explanatory??summary of each passage of??translation.

Maps : illustrating the book's??dramatic events.