Blog. In exile in Ashbourne. Taking the Bible seriously.
Hello world! I find myself in a period of enforced leisure, so for those who may be interested I have decided to write a Blog of Bible Studies. If questions arise please feel free to email me and I will do my best to answer them as part of the next Blog. I have recently been delivering a course of study relating to the book of Samuel (book, not books) and so, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted... The second part of the Book of Samuel, that Christians call 2 Samuel, begins after that portion frequently called 'The History of David's rise.' It takes us through the reign of the man who will later be eulogised as the perfect model of a monarch, an eulogy we will have much cause to question as we go. I would like to suggest that we may divide 2 Samuel into 7 themes, spread across the book. 1 Israel and Judah, division and unity 2 Warfare with neighbou