27 Introduction in this Biblical story and history is the Lord Who controls events, but Who also leaves to central human figures in this stor y - history the free choice to decide and act at their own discretion . Like other historiographical books in the Hebrew Bible, the book in question is a combination of didactic history and theology, and it is written by authors very much skilled in the literar y poetics of their time . Yet, as noted above, there are various kinds of discrepancies in the book, duplications, and other problems, that caused scholars to research the text’s history . Archeological findings, or the lack of them, seem at times contradictory to the book’s history and raise doubts about its historical reliability . Therefore, there is no other way but to approach this book with a multi - disciplinary research, a method that might shed new light on the book, its meaning, messages as well as its issues . The Book of Samuel is the most important ancient document known to us...
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