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Samuel 2:18-26
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- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Ephod - A garment used in God's service, and allowed not only to the inferior priests and Levites but also to eminent persons of the people, and therefore to Samuel, who, though no Levite, was a Nazarite, from his birth."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Aware that he could not yet render any useful service to the tabernacle, she undertook the expense of supplying him with wearing apparel. All weaving stuffs, manufacture of cloth, and making of suits were anciently the employment of women."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "The similarities between Hannah and Mary are worth pondering."
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1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "...Luke's faithful use of Samuel's story to frame his picture of the boyhood of Jesus says clearly that the boy Jesus also needed to grow in his understanding of God. How much more do his disciples in every age need to put on 'a bigger robe of learning' throughout life, as they continue to grow - in favour both with God and humanity."
- 1 Sam 2:18-26, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
- 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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"The
Good Lad," Marcus Felde, Sabbatheology, The Crossings
Community, 2009.
- "Samuel's service before the Lord models perfect faith. He is presumably playing a role ordinarily reserved for people who are more obviously qualified, because they are older and wiser. Yet he is the one who listens to the Lord, and who speaks truly what the Lord tells him to speak."
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"Dressing Up," Lawrence Wood, The Christian Century, 2006.
- "The ephod was the garment of priesthood. It signified purity, and the vows that set Samuel apart. Or rather, it represented the purity of the One he represented."
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- "After announcements of good-will to all we find we are back in a patriarchal setting where one benefits from another's passion and insight. Elkanah is repaid by what Hannah bore - gifts and children. And Hannah's payment is the pleasure of the bearing?"
- "Samuel
and the Sons of Belial (1 Samuel 2:11-36)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "If I read 1 Samuel 2:19 in light of the teaching of the Law on the priest?s garments, then Hannah is not just sewing clothes for her little boy, she is sewing priestly garments for him. Can?t you just hear Hannah speaking to Samuel about the dignity and duties of the Levitical priests? Can?t you see her instructing him about the high calling of his task and what the priestly garments are intended to convey?"
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Commentary,
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Terence E. Fretheim, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- Articles & Background:
- Hannah: "Give Thy Handmaid a Manchild," from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brettler, Marc,
"The Composition of 1 Samuel 1-2," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Firth, David G., "'Play it again, Sam': The Poetics
of Narrative Repetition in 1 Samuel 1-7," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harvey, John E.,
"Tendenz
and Textual Criticism in 1 Samuel 2-10," Journal for the Study of the
Old Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Koyama, Kosuke, "A Holy Mystery: Welcoming a Little Child,"
The Living Pulpit,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Leuchter, Mark,
"'Now There Was a [Certain] Man': compositional Chronology in Judges - 1
Samuel," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Menaul, Marjorie, "Between Text & Sermon: 1 Samuel 1 & 2,"
Interpretation, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Spina, Frank Anthony, "Eli's Seat: The Transition from Priest to Prophet in 1 Samuel 1-4,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tidwell, N.L., "The Linen Ephod: 1 Sam. II 18 and 2 Sam. VI 14,"
Vetus Testamentum,
1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wood, Lawrence, "Dressing Up," The Christian
Century, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brettler, Marc,
"The Composition of 1 Samuel 1-2," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1997.
- Reviews:
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- With Children:
- "Eli and His Wicked Sons," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
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