Excerpt from Special Literature of the Old Testament: Syllabus of Dr. Green's Lectures; Printed for the Use of Students, Not Published Period of transition from the judges to the kingdom, grouped about three lives, 1. 1 Sam. 1-12 the life of Samuel, 2. Ch. 13-31 the public life of Saul, 3. 2 Sam. 1 - 24 the public life of David. One work, division into two books by LXX, first adopted into Hebrew text by Bomberg, 1518, not form one work with Kings. This has been argued 1because connected'by common title in LXX, but never so in Hebrew, history continuous but each distinct in plan and the period which it covers, 3samuel no fitting termination since it does not record David's death but it completes his public life, his last words recorded 23 1 - 7, the transfer of the kingdom to Solomon opens a new period, upon which the writer did not design to enter. Shown to be distinct, 1by difference of plan, Kings not biographical and fewer details, 2citation of sources, 3exact chronology, 4time of composition. Date, not before David's death, though this not mentioned; criteria somewhat indefinite, 1change in terms and customs, 1 Sam. 9 9, prophet, seer, 2 Sam. Dress of king's daughter, 21 Sam. 27 6, kings of Judah, after the schism, but not necessarily long after. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.