The Contrasting Faces of the Ark in 1 Samuel 4 and 5-6

The article analyzes Samuel’s vita in 1 Samuel 1-4 and 7 and suggests that it is a unified literary work whose structure was shaped by the Deuteronomist. It then examines and dismisses the hypothesisof an early Ark Narrative in 1 Sam 4,1b-7,1 and observes that the story in chapter 7 directly follows...

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Main Author: Na’aman, Nadav (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2025, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 228-244
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Samuel 1. 4 / Bible. Samuel 1. 5 / Bible. Samuel 1. 6 / Samuel Biblical character / Philistines / Ark of the Covenant
Further subjects:B Ark Narrative
B Eli Biblical character
B Exodus plagues
B Mizpah
B Deuteronomistic History
B Samuel’s vita
B Philistines
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