Download or read book First and Second Samuel written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With critical scholarship and theological sensitivity, Walter Brueggemann traces the people of God through the books of Samuel as they shift from marginalized tribalism to oppressive monarchy. He carefully opens the literature of the books, sketching a narrative filled with historical realism but also bursting with an awareness that more than human action is being presented.