Sa mu el 2 four - volume course for the Open University of Israel : The Rise of the Monarchy in Israel : Studies in the Book of Samuel . About a decade has passed, and from time to time I teach a seminar on Samuel still arguing that the Book of Samuel is an anti - monarchic and anti - dynastic composition . However, among my graduate students, there is almost always one or more of them who challenge me, how can it be so anti - monarchic and anti - dynastic, when Nathan the greatest prophet of David’s reign, promised David a dynasty forever ( 2 Sam 7 ) ? I could no longer avoid this contradiction . In the last decade, I have developed the theor y of the two scribes separated by about three decades who are accountable for most of the MT Book of Samuel and for the ambiguity about monarchy and dynasty . I then decided to present an interdisciplinary study of the book, based on this theory and on other studies that I have published or lectured on in seminars and conferences . I would like t...
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