Glossary for Lesson 1

Glossary for lesson 1. SCROLL DOWN to review key names and terms. You may also search for a term by clicking on its first letter below.

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B

Bathsheba

Woman with whom king David committed adultery and later married

C

Critical Scholars

Modern scholars who reject the full authority of Scripture

D

David

Israel's second king

Deuteronomist

This is the name used by modernist critical scholar Martin Noth to refer to the scribe or group of scribes that, according to his theory, supposedly composed Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings during the Babylonian exile to show that the exile of Israel and Judah was a judgment they deserved.

E

Eli

The priest who prayed for Elkanah’s barren wife

H

Hannah

Elkanah’s wife who was barren, but later gave birth to Samuel

S

Samuel

Prophet who anointed both Saul and David as kings of Israel

Saul

Israel's first king

T

That World

Phrase used in the lesson to refer to the past historical context the author of The Book of Samuel was reporting

Their World

Phrase used in the lesson to refer to the time and circumstances in which the author of The Book of Samuel lived