Commentary on the Books of Samuel – S R Driver
Today’s free book is a detailed commentary on the Hebrew text of 1 & 2 Samuel by S.R. Driver. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.
Samuel Rolles Driver [1846-1914], Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel with an Introduction on Hebrew Paleography and the Ancient Versions and Facsimiles of Inscriptions and Maps. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. Hbk. pp.390. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]
Table of Contents
- From the Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- List of Abbreviations
- Addenda
- Introduction
- The Early History of the Hebrew Alphabet
- Early Hebrew Orthography
- The Chief Ancient Versions of the Old Testament
- Characteristics of the Chief Ancient Versions of Samuel
- Appendix
- Notes on the Maps
- Notes on I Samuel
- Notes on II Samuel
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Hebrew Words and Idioms
- Index of Places
Main image: The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David, oil on canvas by Eugène Siberdt, 1866-1931 (Mayfair Gallery, London). Source: Wikipedia