By Peter D. Miscall
In a decisive departure from conventional biblical scholarship, Miscall bargains a studying of one Samuel that's strongly motivated by means of New feedback, Structuralism, and Deconstruction.
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The effect of the judgment on Ichabod, Ahijah, and their families is not stated, but we can assume that their insignificance for the continuing story is a sign that the judgment has befallen them; the judgment perhaps has expanded to the complete disappearance of the family. 14:3. The word of the Lord against Eli is not mentioned again after 1 Kings 2. However, if Abiathar is a member of the line of the house of Eli through Ahitub, what of "Zadok son of Ahitub," who is David's other priest with Abiathar (2 Sam.
The lack of a clinching genealogy for Eli is emphasized by the presence of one for Elkanah. 2:22)—an ironic comment that marks the sad state of affairs at Shiloh. The motif, the ark, will be picked up again in the reading of 1 Samuel 4. Shiloh appears again in 1 Kings 11–14 as the home of Ahijah, the prophet who is instrumental in the division of the kingdom; the analogy with Samuel requires a separate study. 81–86). Or it is a mandatory offering to be presented in such a situation. I cite two passages from Judges.
In other words, does 1 Samuel continue the narrative of Judges; does it begin something new; does it repeat Judges, or some part of Judges, in some way? The question is crucial, for it bears upon the way in which we will read 1 Samuel and how we will treat any parallels between Judges and 1 Samuel. , the cultic order and retributive justice, will continue to be significant in the narrative; they will continue and yet be changed. 2:22, 3:3). The ark has been transferred from Bethel to Shiloh; has the house of Aaron also been transferred?