Human Kingship: Studies in the Book of Samuel Yitzchok Adlerstein and a very wide range

and a very wide range of readers have continued debating the arguments in its pages

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Human Kingship: Studies in the Book of Samuel Yitzchok Adlerstein and a very wide rangeIn the book of Samuel, the institution of monarchy takes shape in Israel: the prophet Samuel anoints Saul as Israels first king and later anoints David as his successor. Questions of kingship and power stand at the heart of the book, to which its narrative returns again and again. Alongside portraits of God fearing kings who lead with nobility and a sense of shared destiny with their people, the book of Samuel also presents, in many forms, the dangers