The Anchor Bible I Samuel

I Samuel is Volume 8 in the Anchor Bible series of book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. In his series debut, P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., has written a volume of interest and value to both the scholar and the general reader.McCarter's treatment of I Samuel consists of:Introduction: review of the literary problems and historical circumstances surrounding the writing of the book.Translation : fresh and authoritative, this new  translation of I Samuel fully utilizes  for the first time ancient manuscript fragments  found at Qumran.Textual  Notes : for the scholar, technical  information on the texts used in the  translation.Notes : for the untrained  reader, descriptions of people, places, customs,  and unusual features of the  language.Commentary : an explanatory  summary of each passage of  translation.Maps : illustrating the book's  dramatic events.