Is Samuel Among the Deuteronomists?: Current Views on Place of a Deuteronomistic History in Bloomington, MN

These essays focus on why readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods found the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings to encapsulate emerging Jewish identity. The book will appeal to those interested in the socio-religious function of emerging Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods.